Adjacent To Trent And Mersey Canal
Liquid / sludgeInert
Adjacent To Trent And Mersey Canal is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Rugeley, Staffordshire. It received liquid/sludge and inert waste in 1993, covering about 0.36 hectares. Reference EAHLD23319, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23319 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Adjacent To Trent And Mersey Canal |
| Address | Turnover Bridge, Rugeley, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | British Waterways Board |
| Licence issued | 8 December 1992 |
| Licence surrendered | 16 August 1993 |
| First waste input | 2 March 1993 |
| Last waste input | 24 June 1993 |
| Area | 0.36 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 404000, 319800 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Barnclose PitSpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
- North of Colton Hall FarmIndustrialInert
- Site Of Bus StationInert
- South Colton Hall FarmSpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
- Field No 7600, South Of Colton Hall FarmIndustrialCommercialInert
- Landfill Site Between Love Lane and Power Station RoadWaste 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.