Historic landfill sites in Syston, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 46 historic landfill sites in and around Syston, Leicestershire. covering roughly 399 hectares in total. The largest is Leicester Corporation Site (2) at 61.63 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Syston (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Corporation Site (2) | 61.63 ha | 1993 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wanlip Gravels | 36.84 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| P. Winterton Limited's Site | 34.78 ha | — | Industrial |
| Syston Quarry | 18.3 ha | — | Inert |
| Pinfold Road, Thurmaston | 18.13 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Wanlip Meadows | 17.02 ha | 2000 | CommercialInert |
| Wanlip Road, Syston, Charnwood | 14.49 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Appleton Park, Troon Way | 13.43 ha | 1968 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cossington Wanlip/Wanlip Gravels | 12.58 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Leicester Corporation Site (1) | 12.42 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| New Star Road Area | 12.4 ha | — | Inert |
| Wanlip Hill | 9.73 ha | 1995 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rearsby Tipping Company | 9.59 ha | 1975 | IndustrialInert |
| Beedles Quarry | 9.23 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Pit Disused off Progress Way | 8.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Richards Foundaries Limited Site | 8.86 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Thurmaston Boulevard Area, Leicester | 8.31 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Co-Op, Thurmaston, Charnwood | 7.02 ha | 1965 | IndustrialInert |
| Barkby Thorpe Road, Barratts Development | 6.7 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Syston | 6.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wanlip Road | 6.24 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Land off Fosse Way, Syston, Charnwood | 5.76 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Wanlip Gravels | 5.39 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Meadow Lane Quarry/Syston | 5.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barkby Thorpe Road/Lane | 5.35 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lewisher/Langham Roads Area | 4.92 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rothley Borrow Pit | 4.8 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Queniborough, Off Barkby Road | 4.08 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHousehold |
| Land Off Earls Way | 3.41 ha | — | Inert |
| Council Depot | 3.37 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Off Albion Road | 3.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Meadow Lane, Birstall | 2.99 ha | 1966 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Uppingham Road | 2.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lewisher Road | 2.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pinfold Road, Thurmaston, Charnwood | 2.37 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Rearsby Lodge Farm | 1.85 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Thorpe Field Drive, Thurmaston, Charnwood | 1.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barrow Road | 1.26 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Railway Cutting Adjacent to Angus Close | 0.97 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Barrow Road | 0.95 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Land Off Churchill Road, Thurmaston | 0.86 ha | 1953 | Waste types not recorded |
| The Old Railway Tunnel/Cutting, Covert Lane, Keyham | 0.68 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Linkfield Road, Mountsorrel, Charnwood | 0.65 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Land off Butchers Lane, Wanlip | 0.47 ha | — | Inert |
| Wolsey Road / Off Station Road | 0.34 ha | 1960 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off The Green | 0.33 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 Syston?
- 46 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Syston 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 Syston?
- 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.