Historic landfill sites in Yate, South Gloucestershire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Yate, South Gloucestershire. covering roughly 57 hectares in total. The largest is Wickwar Quarry at 19.64 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Yate (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickwar Quarry | 19.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rodford Tip | 6.94 ha | — | Commercial |
| Land at West End | 6.21 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Church Wickwar Landfill | 4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beanwood Farm | 3.48 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Land at Grove Farm | 2.54 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Quarry, Wickwar Tip | 2.54 ha | 1987 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Shortwood | 2.11 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Field 3912 | 1.95 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Part Of Field 2837m | 1.69 ha | 1992 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Bury Hill Quarry | 1.63 ha | 1978 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Westerleigh Hill Farm | 1.55 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Land Opposite Serridge House | 0.68 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Land Adjoining British Rail Operational Land | 0.5 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Land To The Rear Of Frampton Coterall Pumping Station | 0.36 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wickwar Tip | 0.28 ha | 1971 | Commercial |
| Health Farm | 0.22 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Brimsham Green School | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Plot 251 | 0.14 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
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 Yate?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Yate 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 Yate?
- 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.