Historic landfill sites in Wivenhoe, Essex
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Wivenhoe, Essex. covering roughly 98 hectares in total. The largest is Place Farm at 22.97 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Wivenhoe (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place Farm | 22.97 ha | 1971 | Industrial |
| Fingringhoe Road Landfill | 12.36 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Martell's Pit | 11.72 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Martells Pit | 10.46 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Haven Quay | 7.46 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Molar Works | 4.95 ha | 1999 | IndustrialInert |
| Rowhedge Wharf | 4.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Vanessa Drive | 3.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Belle Vue Road | 3.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wilson Marriage School | 2.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Water Treatment Works | 2.04 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludge |
| Martells Pit | 2.04 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Martells Pit | 1.99 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Mersea Road | 1.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Shipyard | 1.63 ha | 1988 | Industrial |
| Martells Pit | 1.08 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| King George Recreation Ground | 0.79 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Ballast Quay Farm | 0.71 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rowhedge Wharf | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rowhedge Wharf | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ballast Quay Road | 0.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ferry Road | 0.44 ha | — | 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 Wivenhoe?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Wivenhoe 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 Wivenhoe?
- 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.