Bell Lane
Liquid / sludgeHouseholdInert
Bell Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Woodstock, Oxfordshire. It received liquid/sludge, household and inert waste between 1969 and 1978, covering about 0.96 hectares. Reference EAHLD13544, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD13544 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bell Lane |
| Address | Cassington, Witney, Oxfordshire |
| Site operator | J Curtis and Sons |
| Licence holder | J Curtis and Sons |
| Licence issued | 1 June 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 January 1969 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1978 |
| Area | 0.96 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | West TH |
| Grid reference | 445700, 210900 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- WaysideInert
- Sandy Lane WestInert
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.