Landfill Site
A sad chapter in Cosmeston’s history saw the quarry used for
several years as a landfill site for household waste. Permission to
tip household rubbish was granted to Penarth Urban District Council
in 1964.
Scenes like these were common as the tipping
of household rubbish continued until 1978 when the Country Park was
developed. There were four quarry areas at the site; two of these
now form the lakes which are the main feature of the Country Park
today. The other sites were used for landfill.
East Paddock
today West
Paddock today
Today, little remains to inform the visitor of this sad
chapter in Cosmeston's history, as the two former tip sites were
carefully landscaped to form large wildflower meadows and open
grassland stretching up to the north.
Both the lakes and the meadows found at
Cosmeston are divided by the main footpath, Mile Road, that runs
through the centre of the Country Park.