Chalk Quarry
IndustrialCommercialInert
Chalk Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Grays, Thurrock. It received industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1984 and 1993, covering about 0.14 hectares. Reference EAHLD01629, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD01629 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Chalk Quarry |
| Address | Chalk Quarry, London Road, South Stifford, Grays |
| Site operator | Blue Circle Industries Plc |
| Licence holder | Blue Circle Industries Plc |
| Licence issued | 6 August 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | 23 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 6 August 1984 |
| Last waste input | 23 March 1993 |
| Area | 0.14 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 560400, 178800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- South StiffordWaste types not recorded
- Chalk QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Titan PitIndustrial
- Warren PitIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Chafford HundredInert
- Gibbs QuarryLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
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.