Clay Pit No.1
IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Clay Pit No.1 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dartford, Kent. It received industrial, household and commercial waste between 1972 and 1987, covering about 28.3 hectares. Reference EAHLD10875, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD10875 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Clay Pit No.1 |
| Address | Green Lane, Nazing, Aveley, South Ockendon, Essex |
| Site operator | Greater London Council |
| Licence holder | ELWA |
| Licence issued | 20 February 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1972 |
| Last waste input | 31 March 1987 |
| Area | 28.3 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 555700, 180400 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Aveley No3 Cly PitWaste types not recorded
- Clay Pit No.3Household
- Aveley No.2IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- WenningtonHouseholdCommercial
- Sandy LaneWaste types not recorded
- Sandy LaneHouseholdCommercial
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.