Historic landfill sites in Ware, Hertfordshire
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Ware, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 161 hectares in total. The largest is Westmill Tip at 47.72 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ware (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmill Tip | 47.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ware Quarry | 11.82 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ware Quarry | 11.55 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Presdales Pit | 11.1 ha | — | Inert |
| Ware Quarry | 8.87 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ware Quarry | 8.87 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ware Quarry | 8.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hanbury Manor No.2 | 7.97 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Ware Quarry | 6.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hanbury Manor | 5.41 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Westmill Road Landfill Site | 5.08 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ware Quarry | 4.64 ha | 1969 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gentleman's Field | 3.7 ha | — | Commercial |
| Watton Road | 3.23 ha | 1955 | Industrial |
| Plashes Farm, Ware | 2.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Marriot Hanbury Manor Hotel and Country Club | 2.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ware Rural District Council Tip | 2.31 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Ware Quarry | 2 ha | 1969 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crane Mead | 1.68 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Westmill WMF part-surr Lagoon NW corner | 1.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Foxholes Farm | 1.12 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Westmill Road Car Park | 0.54 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Ware Quarry | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fairways | 0.14 ha | 1992 | Waste types not recorded |
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 Ware?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ware 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 Ware?
- 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.