Aylestone Meadows
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Aylestone Meadows is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Leicester, City of Leicester. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1947 and 1988, covering about 47.79 hectares. Reference EAHLD28288, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD28288 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Aylestone Meadows |
| Address | Aylestone Road, Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Site operator | City Engineers Department |
| Licence holder | Stamford Waste District Council |
| Licence issued | 15 August 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 27 October 1988 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1947 |
| Last waste input | 27 October 1988 |
| Area | 47.79 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 457500, 301700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Braunstone Lane EastIndustrial
- Great Central Railway, LeicesterIndustrialInert
- Leicester Sports GroundWaste types not recorded
- Marlow RoadIndustrialInert
- Leicestershire Hanlies LimitedWaste types not recorded
- Land off Wigston LaneInert
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.