Historic landfill sites in Towcester, West Northamptonshire
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Towcester, West Northamptonshire. covering roughly 46 hectares in total. The largest is Gayton Landfill Site at 11.5 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Towcester (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gayton Landfill Site | 11.5 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tiffield Road Junctions | 5.93 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Wood Burcote | 3.82 ha | 1975 | CommercialInert |
| Plum Park Farm | 3.75 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Plum Park Farm | 3.46 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Old Brickyard | 2.62 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Brickyard Farm | 2.31 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Tunnel Hill Farm | 2.04 ha | — | Inert |
| A508 - Grand Union Canal | 2 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludge |
| OS Field No 0756 | 1.39 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 1.26 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Part OS 96 | 1.13 ha | 1974 | HouseholdInert |
| Cuttlemill Farm | 1.09 ha | 1996 | Inert |
| Tattersall Foundry, Towcester | 1.01 ha | — | Inert |
| Land adjacent to A508 - River Tove Beds | 0.99 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| New Rookery Farm | 0.93 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Old Wharf Farm | 0.47 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Tattersall Alloy Castings Ltd - Tattersall Foundry | 0.41 ha | — | Industrial |
| Cuttle Mill | 0.14 ha | — | Inert |
| Foxley | 0.09 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Porterswood Farm | 0.07 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 Towcester?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Towcester 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 Towcester?
- 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.