Landfill Check

Historic landfill sites in Solihull

The Environment Agency records 71 historic landfill sites in and around Solihull. covering roughly 234 hectares in total. The largest is Hay Lane Stage No.1 at 26.2 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Hay Lane Stage No.126.2 ha1975IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Shirley Quarry22.6 ha1989SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Hay Lane21.89 ha1975HouseholdCommercial
Hay Lane15.12 ha1984IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Sheldon Recreation Ground8.5 ha1965IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Wythall Sand And Gravel8.26 ha1989Industrial
Jacobean Lane7.48 ha—Waste types not recorded
Friday Lane7.07 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Hargrave Farm6.61 ha1988Inert
Speedwell Road, Hay Mills6.47 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Peterbrook Road6.46 ha1985Inert
Kineton Lane6.3 ha—Waste types not recorded
Moat House Farm5.13 ha1974Waste types not recorded
Castle Hills Farm5.05 ha1978Inert
Sidenhales Farm4.74 ha1994Inert
Gallagher - Cuttlepool Lane Landfill Site4.42 ha—Inert
Peterbrook Farm4.15 ha1993IndustrialInert
Boxtree Farm3.85 ha—Inert
Mackadown Lane3.46 ha1974Inert
Knowle Brickworks3.21 ha1973Inert
Stratford Road3.14 ha—Waste types not recorded
British Waterways Site2.91 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Friday Lane2.86 ha1988Inert
Little Truemans Heath Farm2.58 ha1987Inert
Square Acre Farm2.56 ha1984Inert
Low Brook2.44 ha—Waste types not recorded
Warren House2.17 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land Between Warwick Road And River Blythe2.17 ha1994Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Oak Mount2.14 ha1993Inert
Opposite Church Farm2.11 ha1972IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Ivy House Landfill Site2.06 ha1987Inert
Bragg's Farm1.94 ha1989Inert
Former Land Rover Works Landfill Site1.74 ha—Waste types not recorded
Railway Cutting Earlswood Station, Old Goods Yard1.58 ha—Commercial
Sports Ground1.55 ha1990IndustrialInert
Newbridge Farm Recreation Ground1.53 ha1960Waste types not recorded
Land At Manor Farm1.5 ha—Inert
Hob Lane1.49 ha1991IndustrialInert
Old Gravel Pit1.29 ha—Waste types not recorded
Monkspath Hill1.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Solihull Municipal Club1.16 ha—Household
Damson Lane1.13 ha1982Inert
Eastcote Hall Farm1.12 ha1987Inert
Glebe Farm1.09 ha1989Inert
Aqueduct Road1.04 ha—Household
Newbridge Road1.03 ha—Waste types not recorded
Clay Lane0.93 ha—Waste types not recorded
Brook Farm0.91 ha1981Inert
Clay Lane Landfill Site0.88 ha—Waste types not recorded
Truemans Heath Lane0.6 ha1992IndustrialInert
Solihull Brickworks0.52 ha1971Waste types not recorded
Hampton Road0.5 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Cloweswood Lane0.46 ha1986Waste types not recorded
Clay Lane Cottages Landfill Site0.46 ha1978Waste types not recorded
Limekiln Lane0.42 ha1984Inert
Norton Lane0.41 ha—Waste types not recorded
School Road0.37 ha1990Inert
Roarty - Tanworth Lane Farm Landfill Site0.31 ha—Waste types not recorded
Walford Hall Farm0.29 ha—IndustrialCommercial
Bickenhill Lane0.24 ha1981Inert
Nesta Bungalow0.24 ha1986Liquid / sludgeInert
Widney Manor Road - Browns Lane0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Highlands Road0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Pear Tree Farm Tip0.2 ha—Liquid / sludge
Balsall Street0.17 ha—Waste types not recorded
Bragg's Farm0.15 ha1990Inert
Priory Road0.14 ha1962Waste types not recorded
Shadowbrook Lane0.14 ha1989Inert
Castle Hills Farm (Opposite Hargrave Cottages)0.12 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land Off School Road0.09 ha1990Waste types not recorded
Moat House Farm0.04 ha—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 Solihull?
71 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Solihull 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 Solihull?
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.