Historic landfill sites in Uckfield, East Sussex
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Uckfield, East Sussex. covering roughly 17 hectares in total. The largest is Greenfold House at 2.36 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Uckfield (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfold House | 2.36 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Former Thorne Land | 2.17 ha | 1959 | IndustrialInert |
| Fletching | 2.03 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Rock Lane - High Hurst Lane | 1.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Park Golf Course | 1.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Outback Farm | 1.19 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Woodgate Dairy | 1.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hole Farm | 0.68 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Kilnwood Farm | 0.61 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Nordens Green Farm | 0.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Highfields , Rock Lane | 0.33 ha | 2001 | Inert |
| Land off Oldlands Hill | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rocks Lane | 0.2 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Walk Wood, North Hall Barn | 0.2 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Land South of Nettlefold Outback Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Worth Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land west of Churchfields | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hempstead Farm | 0.2 ha | 1993 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeInert |
| Shermanreed Wood | 0.2 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Honningtons Farm | 0.2 ha | 1975 | Waste types not recorded |
| Ridgewood Industrial Estate | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Ringles Cross | 0.12 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Land South of Lower Totease Farm | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Peaceways Animal Crematorium | 0.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mill House Farm | 0.02 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
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 Uckfield?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Uckfield 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 Uckfield?
- 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.