Alcan UK Limited No.2
Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Alcan UK Limited No.2 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. It received liquid/sludge and industrial waste between 1978 and 1980, covering about 16.61 hectares. Reference EAHLD06705, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06705 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Alcan UK Limited No.2 |
| Address | Alcan Power Station,Ash Lagoons, Ashington, Northumberland |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Alcan Primary and Recycling UK Limited |
| Licence issued | 18 January 1979 |
| Licence surrendered | 10 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 30 October 1978 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1980 |
| Area | 16.61 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 430700, 588800 |
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.
- 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
- Alcan UK Limited No.3Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Woodhorn QuarryIndustrialInert
- Newbiggin Golf CourseWaste types not recorded
- Alcan UK Limited No.1SpecialIndustrial
- Spital House FarmIndustrialCommercialInert
- LynemouthLiquid / sludgeCommercial
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.