Historic landfill sites in Walsall
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Walsall. covering roughly 79 hectares in total. The largest is Former Brockhurst Sewage Works at 17.99 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Walsall (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Brockhurst Sewage Works | 17.99 ha | 1990 | Industrial |
| Friar Park Road | 12.83 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Walstead Road - Delves Green Road Landfill Site | 11.71 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Mill Lane Landfill Site | 7.96 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| J J Gallagher Limited Landfill Site | 5.35 ha | — | Industrial |
| North Walsall Depot | 5.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Friar Park Road Landfill Site | 5.15 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Former Sewage Works | 4.71 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Brewers Drive Landfill Site | 2.73 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Walstead Road Landfill Site | 1.38 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Fellows Park Landfill Site | 1.09 ha | 1990 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.71 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Upper Brook Street - Rollingmill St Landfill Site | 0.63 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Walsall Power Station | 0.6 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Arboretum Landfill Site No.1 | 0.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Arboretum Landfill Site No.3 | 0.27 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Pleck Road Works | 0.2 ha | 1981 | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Arboretum Landfill Site No.2 | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tantarra Street Landfill Site | 0.06 ha | 1992 | 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 Walsall?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Walsall 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 Walsall?
- 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.