Historic landfill sites in Tipton
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Tipton. covering roughly 218 hectares in total. The largest is Sheepwash Lane Landfill Site at 40.54 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Tipton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheepwash Lane Landfill Site | 40.54 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Leabrook Road | 22.64 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Sheepwash Lane | 20.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Willingsworth Site | 20.04 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Bagnall Street Industrial Estate | 14.07 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Swan Farm Redevelopment | 13.58 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Moorcroft Landfill Site | 13.48 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| Rattlechain Landfill Site | 10.49 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tipton Sports Ground | 8.65 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Land At Bagnall Street/Eagle Lane Landfill Site | 7.6 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| London Works Tip | 6.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gospel Oak Road | 5.9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rattlechain Tip | 5.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear Of London Steel Works | 5.46 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| Dudley Road West | 4 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Tame Road Allotments | 3.75 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Leabrook Road | 3.35 ha | 1983 | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Western Way | 3.1 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Birlee Tip | 2.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moxley Hospital Landfill Site | 1.31 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Shaw Street Landfill Site | 1.19 ha | — | Special |
| Ocker Hill Lake | 1.01 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Conex Sanbra | 0.96 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Newby Hill Top Foundry Smith Road Landfill Site | 0.77 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
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 Tipton?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Tipton 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 Tipton?
- 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.