Historic landfill sites in Tavistock, Devon
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Tavistock, Devon. covering roughly 32 hectares in total. The largest is Crowndale Landfill Site at 6.78 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Tavistock (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowndale Landfill Site | 6.78 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Pitts Cleave Quarry | 5.8 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Shillamill | 4.19 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| King George's Field | 3.77 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bowden Down | 1.42 ha | — | Commercial |
| Wreys Quarry, Stowford | 1.41 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Horrabridge | 1.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Drakewalls Mine | 1.16 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Greenlanes | 1.06 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Higher Lake Farm | 0.96 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Drakewalls Mine | 0.79 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Dimson | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Liddaton Green | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tavistock Road, Bere Alston | 0.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stowford Quarry | 0.45 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Former Sand Pit | 0.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hedge Cross Landfill | 0.26 ha | — | Inert |
| Wheal Franco | 0.2 ha | 1992 | HouseholdInert |
| Peek Hill Quarry | 0.16 ha | 1982 | Waste types not recorded |
| Opposite Cloberrry House | 0.07 ha | 1982 | 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 Tavistock?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Tavistock 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 Tavistock?
- 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.