Historic landfill sites in Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock. covering roughly 956 hectares in total. The largest is Shell Haven Refinery at 245.21 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Stanford-le-Hope (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Haven Refinery | 245.21 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Fobbing Marshes | 164.77 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Redham Meade | 163.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shell Haven Refinery | 128.18 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Vange Marshes | 95.72 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Princess Margaret Road | 27.96 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Redham Meade | 23.1 ha | — | Inert |
| Buckingham Hill | 21.76 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Coryton Refinery | 21.71 ha | 1993 | Industrial |
| Saltings | 19.38 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Fobbing Horse Island | 15.78 ha | 1971 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| The Warren | 11.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Collingwood Farm | 7.42 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| St Cleres School Playing Fields | 2.15 ha | — | Industrial |
| Shell Haven Refinery | 1.95 ha | 1996 | Liquid / sludge |
| Shell Haven Refinery | 1.66 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludge |
| Shell Haven Refinery | 1.6 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludge |
| Shell Haven Refinery | 1.08 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Coryton Refinery | 0.94 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludge |
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 Stanford-le-Hope?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stanford-le-Hope 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
- 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.