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Historic landfill sites in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

The Environment Agency records 70 historic landfill sites in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire. covering roughly 140 hectares in total. The largest is Dayhouse Farm at 17.17 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Shrewsbury (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Dayhouse Farm17.17 ha1992Inert
Land South West of Weeping Cross/Sutton Hall14.34 ha1993Inert
Castle Walk, Shrewsbury10.22 ha1964IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Calcott Farm North9.22 ha—Inert
Fox Farm7.47 ha1978Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Boars Den6.03 ha1989IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
East Of Longden Road5.35 ha1991Inert
Berrington4.97 ha1970Waste types not recorded
Land Adjacent To A49 Link, Sundorne4.97 ha1991Inert
Sawmill Field Landfill Site4.04 ha—Inert
Sawmill Field Landfill Site3.86 ha—Inert
Pulley Farm3.47 ha1992Inert
Former Sentinel Works3.26 ha—Waste types not recorded
Preston Farm2.77 ha1991Inert
Telford Estate, Shrewsbury2.74 ha1967HouseholdInert
Upton Forge Farm2.7 ha1991Inert
Calcott Farm2.44 ha1991Inert
Nobold Lane Tip2.42 ha1977IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Woodfield Road, Shrewsbury2.3 ha1957Household
Woodlands Farm, Nibs Heath2.2 ha1991Inert
Shrewsbury School Running Track2.03 ha1954Household
Berwick Wharf old canal course1.86 ha1979Household
Lower Woodcote Farm1.85 ha1991Inert
Monkmoor U2 Materials Part Enclosure 39661.77 ha1991IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Old Brick Yard, Old Wood, Bomere Heath1.62 ha1965Household
Cruckton Hall School1.53 ha—Inert
Albrightlee Farm1.22 ha1987Inert
Land at Hanwood1.1 ha1965Waste types not recorded
Wayford Hill, Dorrington1.04 ha1987Inert
Gravel Hole Wood Landfill (surrendered)1.03 ha1993IndustrialInert
Welbatch Farm0.99 ha1983IndustrialInert
Frodesley House Farm0.87 ha1994HouseholdCommercialInert
Dell Farm Extension0.71 ha1996IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Bell Lane, Shrewsbury0.61 ha1956IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Junction Thorns Grove, Shrewsbury0.57 ha—Waste types not recorded
Moss Tenement0.57 ha1987SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Land Adjacent to St Andrews Road0.55 ha1986Waste types not recorded
Newton Farm, Edgebold0.51 ha1988SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Weeping Cross (Scott-Newman)0.48 ha1978Industrial
Moss Tenement 20.43 ha1991IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
End Of Alma Street, Shrewsbury0.38 ha1991Waste types not recorded
Aspen Grove0.36 ha1967Inert
Crowmeole Lane0.33 ha1967Waste types not recorded
Sandpits, Pengwern Road, Shrewsbury0.33 ha—Inert
Moss Tenement 20.31 ha1989IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Corporation Lane, Coton Hill0.29 ha1983Waste types not recorded
Betton Abbots Farm0.29 ha1983IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Albrightlee Farm No.20.28 ha1989Inert
Dell Farm0.28 ha1983IndustrialInert
Mill Road, Abbey Foregate0.28 ha—Waste types not recorded
Leaton Knolls Estate0.28 ha—Inert
Junction Roman Road and Longden Road0.25 ha—Waste types not recorded
Sundorne Farm0.24 ha1989IndustrialInert
Coton Hill Farm0.24 ha—Inert
Weeping Cross0.21 ha1978Industrial
New Pool, Nib Heath0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Montford Bridge0.2 ha—Inert
Gypsy Site Cross Houses0.2 ha1965HouseholdCommercial
Duck Hall Lane, Ryton, Dorrington0.2 ha1963Waste types not recorded
Field House, shepherds Lane, Bicton0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
The Old Quarry, Cardeston, Ford0.2 ha1965Waste types not recorded
Summer Gardens/Former Belle Vue Service Station0.16 ha—Inert
Upper Battlefield, Shrewsbury0.16 ha1970Waste types not recorded
Cross Houses, Junction of Pitchford Road and Wenlock Turn0.15 ha1962Waste types not recorded
The Woodlands, Former Gravel Pit0.14 ha1985Waste types not recorded
Grove Farm, Condover0.12 ha1955Waste types not recorded
Shorthill Quarry, Hanwood0.09 ha1965Waste types not recorded
Red Hill, Hook-A-Gate0.08 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land at Ford0.08 ha—Waste types not recorded
Moat Hall, Annscroft0.02 ha—Inert

What this data does — and doesn't — cover

  • Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
  • Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
  • Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
  • Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.

EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many former landfill sites are there in Shrewsbury?
70 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Shrewsbury town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
How do I check a specific address in Shrewsbury?
Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.

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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.