Historic landfill sites in Taunton, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Taunton, Somerset. covering roughly 81 hectares in total. The largest is Priorswood at 27.78 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Taunton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priorswood | 27.78 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lambrook Tip | 11.62 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Priory Way | 7.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Galmington Trading Estate | 6.21 ha | — | Inert |
| M5 Site Haydon Farm | 3.69 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Land Adjacent To M5 Services | 3.62 ha | 1980 | HouseholdInert |
| Thornfalcon Refuse Tip | 2.34 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Whitford Quarry | 2.2 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Woodmans Farm | 1.66 ha | — | Inert |
| Over Stowey | 1.46 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hankridge Farm | 1.29 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Lambrook | 1.24 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Haydon Farm West | 0.96 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Near Dairy House Farm | 0.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bishopswood | 0.86 ha | 1960 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused Quarry | 0.79 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Stoke Hill | 0.76 ha | — | Inert |
| Herswell Farm | 0.66 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Feltham Farm | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| St. Johns Garden Centre | 0.57 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| North Down Disused Quarry | 0.56 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Spaxton Quarry | 0.52 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Quarry | 0.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Haydon Farm Estate | 0.38 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| North Down | 0.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Adcombe Hill | 0.23 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Walland Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cornish Farm | 0.17 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Leigh Hill | 0.16 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Cothelstone and Toulton | 0.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land At Adcombe Hill Part of OS 7134 To The West Of Feltham Farm | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Great Herswell Farm | 0.13 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Hayne Farm | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashe Farm | 0.09 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Long Aller | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lower Aisholt Farm | 0.02 ha | 1974 | 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 Taunton?
- 36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Taunton 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 Taunton?
- 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.