How many former landfill sites are there in Stow-on-the-Wold?

4 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stow-on-the-Wold 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 Stow-on-the-Wold?

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.

Historic landfill sites in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire

Name: EA Historic Landfill Sites
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence

The Environment Agency records 4 historic landfill sites in and around Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. covering roughly 2 hectares in total. The largest is Old Gravel Pit at 1.54 ha. Waste types are largely unrecorded for these sites. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Stow-on-the-Wold (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

Site	Area	Last input	Waste types
Old Gravel Pit	1.54 ha	—	Waste types not recorded
Brookside	0.2 ha	—	Waste types not recorded
Old Quarry	0.12 ha	—	Waste types not recorded
Bledington	0.12 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 Stow-on-the-Wold?: 4 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stow-on-the-Wold 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 Stow-on-the-Wold?: 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

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