Historic landfill sites in Wantage, Oxfordshire
The Environment Agency records 11 historic landfill sites in and around Wantage, Oxfordshire. covering roughly 8 hectares in total. The largest is Kingston Bagpuize at 4.09 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Wantage (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Bagpuize | 4.09 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Wantage Canals | 1.45 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Red House Hill | 0.72 ha | 1973 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hemley Copse | 0.61 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| East Hendred | 0.51 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Catmore Farm | 0.26 ha | 1940 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Hackpen Hill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fox Covert | 0.19 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Furzewick Down | 0.18 ha | 1969 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tip at Tinkers Corner | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wetherdown Farm Pit | 0.07 ha | — | 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 Wantage?
- 11 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Wantage 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 Wantage?
- 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.