Bernards Mead
Waste types not recorded
Bernards Mead is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It received waste of unrecorded type in 1960, covering about 2.39 hectares. Reference EAHLD30177, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD30177 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bernards Mead |
| Address | Somerset Road, Iford, Christchurch, Dorset |
| Site operator | Bournemouth Borough Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1960 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1960 |
| Area | 2.39 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | South Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 414100, 93300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Iford MeadowsWaste types not recorded
- North of Bridle CrescentWaste types not recorded
- Iford Playing FieldsWaste types not recorded
- Sheepwash Recreation GroundWaste types not recorded
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- Willow WayHousehold
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.