A508 - Grand Union Canal
Liquid / sludge
A508 - Grand Union Canal is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Towcester, West Northamptonshire. It received liquid/sludge waste between 1988 and 1994, covering about 2 hectares. Reference EAHLD02321, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02321 |
|---|---|
| Site name | A508 - Grand Union Canal |
| Address | Yardley Gobion |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Area Engineer London |
| Licence issued | 28 July 1988 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 July 1988 |
| Last waste input | 29 April 1994 |
| Area | 2 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central AN |
| Grid reference | 476300, 245600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
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.