Landfill Check

Barnes Park Lake

Inert

Barnes Park Lake is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sunderland. It received inert waste in 1980, covering about 0.82 hectares. Reference EAHLD06580, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06580
Site nameBarnes Park Lake
AddressHigh Barnes, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderBorough Of Sunderland
Licence issued30 January 1980
Licence surrendered31 March 1994
First waste input30 January 1980
Last waste input31 May 1980
Area0.82 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthumbria NE
Grid reference438000, 555600

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

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.