Historic landfill sites in Thatcham, West Berkshire
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Thatcham, West Berkshire. covering roughly 51 hectares in total. The largest is Lower Way at 12.93 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Thatcham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Way | 12.93 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Limberlost Farm | 5.41 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Fishers Lane | 4.39 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Haw Farm | 3.78 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Hambridge Lane 2 (South) | 3.65 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Newhouse Farm No.1 | 3.38 ha | 1969 | IndustrialInert |
| Fishing Club | 3.08 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Pound Lane Depot | 2.38 ha | 1960 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Knightsbridge | 2.3 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Severals Farm | 1.57 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Barlows Wood Yard | 1.27 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Yew Tree Farm | 1.15 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Manor View Farm | 1.07 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Elizabeth Farm | 0.79 ha | — | Inert |
| Fishponds Gully | 0.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bakers Pit | 0.44 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Alley Gully | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Chalk Pits | 0.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dunstan Green | 0.33 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Burys Bank | 0.3 ha | 1959 | IndustrialInert |
| Bishops Hill Landfill | 0.26 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Colthrop Mills | 0.2 ha | 1986 | Industrial |
| Limbercast Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fishers Crossing | 0.18 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Bowdown House | 0.16 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Bonds Gully | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Reservoir | 0.14 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Fishers Farm | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tylers Lane | 0.12 ha | 1959 | Inert |
| Newhouse Farm No.2 | 0.01 ha | — | Inert |
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 Thatcham?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Thatcham 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 Thatcham?
- 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.