Historic landfill sites in Willenhall
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Willenhall. covering roughly 52 hectares in total. The largest is Parkhill - Darlaston Lane Landfill Site at 8.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Willenhall (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkhill - Darlaston Lane Landfill Site | 8.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kitchen Lane | 7.68 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kitchen Lane | 5.98 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| The Keyway | 4.42 ha | — | Inert |
| Ashmore Park | 3.72 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hughes Road Landfill Site | 3.41 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| The Lunt Sewage Works | 3.4 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Villiers Street Landfill Site | 3.1 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Noose Lane | 2.11 ha | 1983 | Household |
| Wednesfield Sewage Works | 2 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Windmill Quarries | 1.93 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Stafford Street Landfill Site | 1.63 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Parkhill - Darlaston Lane Landfill Site | 1.61 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| C and B Smith Foundries Limited | 1.17 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Hobnock Road Landfill Site | 0.36 ha | 1971 | Household |
| Dale Street | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fennell Pit Farm | 0.26 ha | 1956 | Household |
| Allens Rough Farm Phase II Contract | 0.2 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Cox's Tip | 0.1 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
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 Willenhall?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Willenhall 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 Willenhall?
- 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.