Briary Close
SpecialLiquid / sludgeHousehold
Briary Close is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Wakefield. It received special (hazardous), liquid/sludge and household waste between 1969 and 1981, covering about 9.89 hectares. Reference EAHLD05838, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD05838 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Briary Close |
| Address | Agbrigg |
| Site operator | Wakefield Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1969 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1981 |
| Area | 9.89 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 434700, 418500 |
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.
- 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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land Near Wakefield Power StationCommercial
- Walton CollieryCommercialInert
- Walton CollieryCommercialInert
- Walton Colliery Reclamation SiteInert
- PugneysHouseholdCommercialInert
- Pugneys LandfillInert
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.