Landfill Check

Alcan UK Limited No.3

Liquid / sludgeIndustrial

Alcan UK Limited No.3 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 1980 and 1993, covering about 20.27 hectares. Reference EAHLD06425, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06425
Site nameAlcan UK Limited No.3
AddressNewbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderAlcan Lynemouth Limited
Licence issued3 September 1980
Licence surrendered28 April 1994
First waste input30 June 1980
Last waste input29 April 1993
Area20.27 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthumbria NE
Grid reference430700, 589100

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

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.