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Historic landfill sites in Stone, Staffordshire

The Environment Agency records 40 historic landfill sites in and around Stone, Staffordshire. covering roughly 85 hectares in total. The largest is Meaford Power Station Sites A and B at 49.66 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Meaford Power Station Sites A and B49.66 haIndustrialCommercial
Newstead Landfill Site6.82 haLiquid / sludge
Westbridge Park5.67 haHousehold
Whitebridge Lane2.99 ha1993Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Crown Meadow2.66 haIndustrial
Mill Street1.98 haWaste types not recorded
Creda - Creda Works1.29 haIndustrialInert
Glebe Land1.24 ha1960Household
Cold Riding Farm1.06 haInert
Norton Farm0.92 ha1965Household
Meir Landfill Site/Whittle Road0.91 haHousehold
Little Stoke0.88 ha1963Household
Walton Industrial Estate0.76 haLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
Cold Norton Farm0.69 ha1965Household
Doulton Industrial Products0.69 ha1993IndustrialInert
Walton Middle School0.68 ha1978Inert
Glazeley Field Farm0.64 haInert
Rear Of 830 Lightwood Road0.53 ha1979IndustrialInert
Elmhurst Farm0.53 ha1988IndustrialCommercialInert
Blurton Road0.52 ha1960Household
Cold Norton Refuse Tip0.49 ha1974Household
Spot Acre Road0.47 ha1963Household
Near Micklow House0.39 haHousehold
Half Head Farm0.38 ha1991IndustrialCommercial
Playing Field0.32 haIndustrial
Shallowford Farm0.3 haIndustrialInert
Sewage Works0.26 ha1961Household
Dingle Lane0.21 haCommercialInert
Parkfields Farm0.21 haHousehold
The Hollies0.19 ha1989IndustrialInert
Kibblestone Camp0.17 ha1965Waste types not recorded
Home Farm0.17 ha1974IndustrialHousehold
Poolhouse Farm0.15 ha1960Household
Creda - Creda Works0.14 haIndustrialInert
Little Stoke Farm0.12 ha1960Household
Manor House Farm0.12 ha1964IndustrialInert
Uttoxeter Road0.09 ha1960Waste types not recorded
Wood Farm0.05 ha1990IndustrialInert
Blurton Road0.04 haInert
Birch Farm0.04 ha1989IndustrialCommercialInert

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 Stone?
40 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stone 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 Stone?
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.