Willow Way
Household
Willow Way is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It received household waste between 1951 and 1952, covering about 0.42 hectares. Reference EAHLD30175, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD30175 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Willow Way |
| Address | Christchurch, Dorset |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1951 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1952 |
| Area | 0.42 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | South Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 415300, 92300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- North of Wick Lane, Opposite Riverside RoadWaste types not recorded
- North of Wick LaneWaste types not recorded
- Christchurch QuayWaste types not recorded
- Practice Driving RangeWaste types not recorded
- Iford Playing FieldsWaste types not recorded
- Solent Meads Golf CourseWaste 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.