Historic landfill sites in Wolverhampton
The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Wolverhampton. covering roughly 206 hectares in total. The largest is Coven Heath Water Reclamation Works at 87.33 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Wolverhampton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coven Heath Water Reclamation Works | 87.33 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Coultaulds Tip | 29.38 ha | 1970 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Former Oxley Gasworks | 14.22 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Pendeford Open Space No.1 | 11.06 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Pendeford Open Space No.1 | 10.12 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Bliss Sands | 9.6 ha | — | Industrial |
| Boscobel Quarry | 9.6 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Phoenix Park | 3.11 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| New Cross Brickworks Tip | 2.88 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brickheath Road Open Space | 2.75 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Martham Drive | 2.67 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Marston Excelsior Limited | 2.14 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Sandy Hollow | 2.11 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Thompson Avenue | 1.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stwa Reservoir Site | 1.85 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gunstone Hall | 1.55 ha | 1992 | Industrial |
| Bridgnorth Road | 1.4 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Windsor Avenue Playing Fields | 1.36 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Bushbury Hill | 1.33 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Pendeford Hall Lane | 1.05 ha | 1956 | Household |
| Turners Farm | 0.94 ha | — | Household |
| New Road Landfill Site | 0.79 ha | 1950 | Household |
| Stafford Road Landfill | 0.78 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Gorsebrook Road Quarry | 0.78 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Radford Lane | 0.75 ha | 1985 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Pendeford Industrial Estate, Wobaston Road | 0.69 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Nursery Farm | 0.6 ha | 1956 | Household |
| Sandy Lane | 0.5 ha | 1959 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Northwood Park | 0.45 ha | — | Industrial |
| Aspen Way Open Space | 0.42 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Renshaw Wood Lane | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bradmore Recreation Ground | 0.31 ha | — | Industrial |
| West Midlands Gas | 0.27 ha | 1982 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Albrighton, Patshull Road (2 Sites) | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Boscabel Landfill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kingswood Common | 0.2 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 Wolverhampton?
- 36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton?
- 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.