Blacklake
Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Blacklake is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near West Bromwich. It received liquid/sludge and industrial waste in 1978, covering about 13.67 hectares. Reference EAHLD23678, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23678 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Blacklake |
| Address | Ridgeacre Industrial Estate, Church Lane, Black Lake, West Bromwich, West Midlands |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Licence issued | 20 January 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 21 January 1978 |
| Last waste input | 31 March 1978 |
| Area | 13.67 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 399800, 292700 |
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
- Black Lake Goods YardIndustrialCommercialInert
- Former Vowles FoundryWaste types not recorded
- Former Vowles Car Park, Church LaneInert
- Walsall Conduits Dial LaneIndustrialInert
- Marsh LaneIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Swan Farm RedevelopmentIndustrialInert
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.