Historic landfill sites in Woking, Surrey
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Woking, Surrey. covering roughly 133 hectares in total. The largest is Whitmoor Common at 18.03 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Woking (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmoor Common | 18.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Papercourt Pit 1 | 16.96 ha | 1977 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Papercourt Farm No.4 | 13.02 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Brookwood Cemetery | 10.62 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Papercourt Plant Site | 10.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Broadford Lane | 8.47 ha | 1977 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Mizens Farm | 7.47 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Send Court Farm | 6.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Homewood Sandpit | 5.43 ha | 1974 | IndustrialInert |
| Papercourt III | 4.56 ha | 1991 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Broadford Farm | 4.14 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| 25 Beechwood Road | 3.93 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Kilima | 3.62 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Westfield Tip | 3.43 ha | 1979 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Range View | 2.62 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Cricketshill Farm | 2.13 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Brookwood Cemetery | 1.88 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Send Pit | 1.86 ha | 1985 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Send Barns Farm | 1.79 ha | 1972 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Valley End Road | 1.29 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Mink Farm | 1.14 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Oldhouse Lane | 0.99 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Fairoaks | 0.99 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brook Farm Site | 0.85 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Willow Farm | 0.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to rear of Oakdene | 0.35 ha | 1986 | Industrial |
| Lynbrook Clinic | 0.35 ha | 1993 | Inert |
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 Woking?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Woking 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 Woking?
- 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.