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Historic landfill sites in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey

The Environment Agency records 89 historic landfill sites in and around Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey. covering roughly 1,100 hectares in total. The largest is Kempton Park Gravel Pit at 121.1 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Kempton Park Gravel Pit121.1 ha1981Inert
Chertsey Road63.69 ha1973Inert
Green Lane51.52 ha1970Waste types not recorded
Airlinks, Hounslow46.93 ha—Waste types not recorded
Charlton Lane North39.32 ha1980IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Boyers Dean Jesmond36.87 ha1973HouseholdCommercialInert
Hounslow Heath35.48 ha1973Inert
Hounslow Heath32.08 ha1966Inert
Vicarage Farm31.44 ha1979Inert
Church Comissioners30.77 ha1983Liquid / sludgeInert
South of Feltham Hill Road30.73 ha1964Inert
North Feltham Trading Estate30.43 ha1955Waste types not recorded
Minet Site D29.39 ha1989Inert
Charlton Road East25.71 ha—Waste types not recorded
Straddling the Causeway24.47 ha1951Waste types not recorded
Mogden Sewage Works23.14 ha1935Inert
Trumpers Way18.65 ha1985SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Willow Tree Lane17.5 ha1991HouseholdInert
Convent Way16.15 ha1934Inert
Hounslow Heath Golf Course15.4 ha1963HouseholdCommercial
Hampton Road West15 ha1944Inert
North of Feltham Hill Road14.89 ha1963IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Chertsey Road13.81 ha—Waste types not recorded
Beavers Farm Estate12.64 ha1963Inert
Ivybridge12.45 ha1966IndustrialInert
Feltham Arena12.34 ha1946HouseholdCommercialInert
Transport Avenue12.26 ha1938HouseholdCommercial
Hatton Farm II11.75 ha1994Inert
Bulls Bridge Area11.37 ha1936HouseholdCommercialInert
Victors Nursery10.94 ha1991IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
South of Feltham Hill Road10.6 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land at Yeading10.38 ha—Waste types not recorded
Seymour Way Estate9.55 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hounslow Heath Golf Course8.84 ha1961HouseholdCommercial
Raleigh Pits East8.67 ha1961HouseholdInert
Cranebank-Hazelmere8.24 ha1946Waste types not recorded
Lampton Park Extension8.24 ha1962Inert
Blenheim Park8.18 ha1955Inert
Long Wood Open Space7.99 ha1966Waste types not recorded
Southall Gas Works7.86 ha—Waste types not recorded
London Road Sports Ground7.51 ha1951Inert
Hounslow Heath Golf Course6.96 ha1971Household
Bedfont Lane - Sandy Lane6.83 ha1931Inert
Twickenham Trading Estate6.78 ha1963Inert
Redlees Park6.76 ha1946Inert
Water Filter Works6.62 ha1992HouseholdCommercialInert
Saint Albans Farm West6.56 ha1939Inert
Raleigh Pits West6.03 ha1971HouseholdCommercialInert
Bulls Bridge5.99 ha1949SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
British Maritime Technology5.77 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Saint Albans Farm East5.6 ha1947Waste types not recorded
South of Greenford Depot5.01 ha—Waste types not recorded
Davies Estate4.95 ha1964Waste types not recorded
Hounslow Heath Golf Course4.81 ha1971Inert
Redwood Estate4.54 ha—Inert
Clayponds Gardens4.34 ha1947Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert
Waterside Road4.23 ha—Waste types not recorded
Layton Road3.67 ha1865Inert
Dairy Meadow3.58 ha1920Waste types not recorded
Coombe Crescent3.33 ha—Waste types not recorded
Marlborough Road - Wigley Road3.23 ha1960Waste types not recorded
Jersey Gardens3.22 ha1951Inert
Millfield Road3 ha—Inert
Bath Road Sports Ground2.99 ha1930Waste types not recorded
Lampton Park Extension2.95 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hatton Farm I2.84 ha1986Inert
East of Cranford Lane2.84 ha1955Waste types not recorded
Clifton Avenue2.7 ha1961Inert
Brookwood Road2.62 ha1965Inert
Hounslow Heath2.49 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hounslow Heath2.48 ha1971IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Midsummer Avenue2.17 ha1935Inert
Hounslow Heath2.13 ha1988IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Saxon Avenue1.69 ha—Waste types not recorded
Transport Avenue1.63 ha1961Waste types not recorded
Whitton Dean1.42 ha1930Inert
Green Lane - Swan Road1.41 ha1960Waste types not recorded
Bear Road - Swan Road1.38 ha1945Inert
Wyke Green1.32 ha—Waste types not recorded
Bridge Road1.29 ha1946Inert
Birch Road1.24 ha1946Inert
Lampton Island1.04 ha1959Waste types not recorded
Lower Park Farm1.02 ha—SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Great Chertsey Playing Field0.99 ha1961Waste types not recorded
Northumberland Wharf0.97 ha—Inert
Sonia Gardens0.86 ha1949Waste types not recorded
Kempton Park Race Track0.81 ha1975IndustrialInert
West of Vineyard Nurseries0.39 ha1949Waste types not recorded
Land Between Monster Avenue and Frampton Road0.2 ha1989Waste 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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
89 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Sunbury-on-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 Sunbury-on-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.

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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.