Bradgate Quarry
Special
Bradgate Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Loughborough, Leicestershire. It received special (hazardous) waste between 1991 and 2008, covering about 1.53 hectares. Reference EAHLD35648, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD35648 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bradgate Quarry |
| Address | Bradgate Hill, Leicester, Markfield, Leicestershire |
| Site operator | Waste Recycling Ltd |
| Licence holder | Waste Recycling Ltd |
| Licence issued | 2 October 1991 |
| Licence surrendered | 14 November 2008 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 1.53 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent |
| Grid reference | 450315, 309463 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Bradgate QuarrySpecial
- Bradgate Quarry Old Tip 2Waste types not recorded
- Bradgate Quarry Old Tip No.1Waste types not recorded
- Recreation Ground, Groby off Forest RiseIndustrialHousehold
- Markfield RoadWaste types not recorded
- Cowpen SpinneyHouseholdCommercialInert
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.