BCA Hednesford Gravel Pit
Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
BCA Hednesford Gravel Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Cannock, Staffordshire. It received liquid/sludge and industrial waste between 1972 and 1984, covering about 1.01 hectares. Reference EAHLD23129, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23129 |
|---|---|
| Site name | BCA Hednesford Gravel Pit |
| Address | Hednesford, Near Cannock, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | B C A Limited |
| Licence issued | 4 October 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 17 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1972 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1984 |
| Area | 1.01 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 400700, 313500 |
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
- Hednesford QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Hednesford ParkHousehold
- Former RAF Camp/Old RAF BaseWaste types not recorded
- Hednesford Park Landfill Site, South Side of No 32Household
- Off Green Heath Road Landfill SiteHousehold
- Old RAF BaseWaste 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.