Historic landfill sites in Snodland, Kent
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Snodland, Kent. covering roughly 63 hectares in total. The largest is Holborough Quarry at 9.37 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Snodland (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holborough Quarry | 9.37 ha | — | Inert |
| New Hythe Lane | 4.74 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Ham Hill | 4.64 ha | 1976 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| New Hythe Lane | 4.58 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Wouldham | 4.23 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Aylesford Sewage Work | 4.16 ha | 1993 | SpecialCommercialInert |
| Aylesford Sand Pit | 3.66 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Kiln Barn Road | 3.64 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Burham Tips | 3.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Halling Cement Works | 3.03 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Sharnal Lane | 2.16 ha | 1969 | Waste types not recorded |
| Burham Pit | 2.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brook Lane | 2.05 ha | — | Inert |
| Halling Cement | 1.98 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Burham Tips | 1.59 ha | — | Inert |
| Ditton Court Quarry | 1.38 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Houlden Quarry | 1.15 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Leybourne Lakes | 1 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Sheldon Way | 0.91 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Holborough | 0.78 ha | — | Inert |
| New Hythe Lane | 0.65 ha | — | Inert |
| Burham Tips | 0.5 ha | — | Inert |
| Burham Tips | 0.48 ha | — | Inert |
| Lodge Pit | 0.37 ha | — | Inert |
| Knowle Road | 0.23 ha | — | Inert |
| Larkfield Recreation Field | 0.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Culland Pit | 0.2 ha | 1976 | Waste types not recorded |
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 Snodland?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Snodland 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 Snodland?
- 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.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.