Landfill Check

Alcan UK Limited No.1

SpecialIndustrial

Alcan UK Limited No.1 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1975 and 1980, covering about 1.45 hectares. Reference EAHLD06731, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06731
Site nameAlcan UK Limited No.1
AddressP O Box No 6, Ashington, Northumberland
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderAlcan Primary and Recycling Limited
Licence issued6 June 1977
Licence surrendered4 January 1993
First waste input1 July 1975
Last waste input8 August 1980
Area1.45 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthumbria NE
Grid reference429900, 589500

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Special:
the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
Industrial:
factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.

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.