Historic landfill sites in Whitchurch, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Whitchurch, Hampshire. covering roughly 41 hectares in total. The largest is Land At Weston Down Clump at 6.63 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Whitchurch (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land At Weston Down Clump | 6.63 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Ashe Park Farm | 4.3 ha | — | Inert |
| Bere Mill | 4.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bullington North | 3.46 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| West Of A34 | 2.8 ha | — | Inert |
| Land East Of Tufton Manor Farm | 2.78 ha | — | Inert |
| Railway Cutting | 2.31 ha | 1979 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Mill Area Of Overton Railway Station | 2.26 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Tufton Manor Farm | 1.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brick Kiln | 1.61 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Land South Of A303 | 1.39 ha | — | Household |
| Due South Of Kennel Plantation | 1.27 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Railway Cutting, South of B3400 | 1.13 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Apple Dell | 1.01 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Dismantled Railway Cutting | 0.91 ha | — | Inert |
| Deane Hill House | 0.9 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Bullington Tip | 0.86 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bransbury Chalk Pit | 0.85 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Disused Cutting North of Whitchurch Station | 0.53 ha | — | Household |
| Old Chalk Pit | 0.38 ha | — | Industrial |
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 Whitchurch?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch?
- 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.