Historic landfill sites in Swanley, Kent
The Environment Agency records 42 historic landfill sites in and around Swanley, Kent. covering roughly 427 hectares in total. The largest is Pedham Place Farm at 120.23 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Swanley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedham Place Farm | 120.23 ha | 1999 | Inert |
| Mill Meadows | 36.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Wickham Open Space | 26.89 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Upper College Farm | 25.85 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Maxim Road | 23.21 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Dougal Gun Club Site | 21.39 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Erith Quarry Landfill Site | 19.85 ha | 1980 | CommercialInert |
| Carlton Road | 18.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Star Lane Landfill | 16.12 ha | 1969 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Profiles Site | 14.19 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Riverside Golf Course | 13.95 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| White Hart Road | 9.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bowmans | 7.69 ha | 1976 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bexley Backlands | 7.26 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Riverside Road | 6.01 ha | 1967 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rectory Lane - Baugh Road | 5.68 ha | 1991 | Waste types not recorded |
| Kemnal Manor | 5.25 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Severnoaks Road | 5.19 ha | 1992 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cray Valley Golf Course | 4.49 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Cookhams Wood | 4.31 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Bourne Wood | 3.83 ha | — | Inert |
| Cookham Road | 3.76 ha | — | Inert |
| Richard Klinger Limited | 3.75 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Windmill Hill Wood | 3.33 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| New Barn | 2.98 ha | — | Inert |
| Skeet Hill Lane | 2.3 ha | 1950 | Inert |
| Former Bickley Tip | 2.05 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| New Barn | 2.04 ha | — | Inert |
| Court Road | 1.75 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Old Maidstone Road | 1.74 ha | — | Inert |
| Button Street | 1.73 ha | — | Inert |
| Chalk Pit | 1.44 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Depot | 1.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Westwood Farm | 1.1 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| West Of Sheepcote Lane | 0.62 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Greenhills Farm | 0.59 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Old Rochester Way | 0.51 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Walden Manor | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stacklands Road | 0.39 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Cornwall Drive | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Station Approach | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Frognal Place | 0.17 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 Swanley?
- 42 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Swanley 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 Swanley?
- 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.