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Historic landfill sites in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey

The Environment Agency records 66 historic landfill sites in and around Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. covering roughly 771 hectares in total. The largest is Larbourne Farm at 89.33 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Staines-upon-Thames (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Larbourne Farm89.33 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Royal Hythe Farm51.24 ha1989HouseholdCommercialInert
St. Albans Sand and Gravel Company Limited46.54 ha—Waste types not recorded
Tanhouse Farm No.143.15 ha1991Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
Horton Road39.64 ha1984Waste types not recorded
Thorney Lane Landfill South33.21 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hithermoor Farm31.63 ha1994Inert
Poyle Manor South30.59 ha1983SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Stanwell Moor Road West27.17 ha1986Inert
Colnbrook By Pass No.122.02 ha1993IndustrialInert
William Boyer and Sons Limited19.35 ha—Waste types not recorded
Poyle Manor North19.08 ha1988IndustrialInert
Stanwell No.218.95 ha1985HouseholdCommercialInert
Spout Lane Tip16.57 ha—Waste types not recorded
Thorney Farm16.48 ha1990HouseholdCommercialInert
Trout Lane15.29 ha—Industrial
Pit C Egham Experiment14.9 ha—Household
Horton Road14.28 ha1977Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Larbourne Farm12.56 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Cowley Lane11.92 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Goodman Price Limited11.53 ha—Waste types not recorded
South of Packet Boat Lane10.63 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
The Lizzards9.13 ha1970IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Tanhouse Farm No.28.88 ha1991Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
Church Lammas Landfill8.66 ha1995Waste types not recorded
Accomodation Lane East No.28.64 ha1982Waste types not recorded
Colnbrook By Pass No.38.64 ha1993IndustrialInert
Larbourne Farm Tip7.3 ha—Waste types not recorded
Thorney Mill7.24 ha1985IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Accomodation Lane East No.17.07 ha1982Waste types not recorded
Three Valleys Water7.01 ha1973IndustrialInert
Bagley Ditch7.01 ha1972Industrial
Norlands Lane Landfill Site6.97 ha—Waste types not recorded
Accomodation Lane West6.85 ha1970HouseholdCommercial
Thorney Mill6.69 ha1981IndustrialInert
Sutton Lane No.25.64 ha1980IndustrialInert
Spout Arch5.29 ha1970Waste types not recorded
Eton Rural District Council5.26 ha—Waste types not recorded
Sutton Lane No.34.69 ha1975IndustrialInert
Home Farm4.56 ha—SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Horton Lagoons Landfill4.19 ha1994SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Accomodation Lane East No.34.03 ha1973Inert
Willow Piggeries3.96 ha1981Waste types not recorded
South of Old Bath Road No.13.64 ha1971IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Colnbrook By Pass No.23.5 ha1993IndustrialInert
Richings Park Landfill3.48 ha1969Inert
Pit B Egham Experiment3.05 ha—Household
South of Moor Lane2.67 ha—Industrial
South of Old Bath Road 22.63 ha1960Waste types not recorded
Thorney Lane North2.51 ha1986Inert
Orlitts Lake2.26 ha1993Inert
Larbourne Farm2.02 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Procea Products1.98 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hithermoor Farm Area C1.44 ha1982Inert
Green Lane1.26 ha1974Inert
Green Lane1.16 ha1974Inert
Green Lane Pit1.15 ha1993Inert
Leacroft1 ha1990Inert
South of Thorney Mill Road0.89 ha—Waste types not recorded
Horton Road0.83 ha—Waste types not recorded
Lakeside0.6 ha1980Inert
Elmcott and Coldharbour0.31 ha1993Inert
Rosary Farm0.3 ha—Waste types not recorded
Aarque Systems0.22 ha—Waste types not recorded
Thorney Farm 2nd Lake0.2 ha1993Inert
Thorney Farm0.2 ha1993Inert

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 Staines-upon-Thames?
66 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Staines-upon-Thames 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 Staines-upon-Thames?
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.