Coatham Stob Quarry
Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert
Coatham Stob Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees. It received liquid/sludge, industrial, household and inert waste between 1947 and 1982, covering about 7.02 hectares. Reference EAHLD05519, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD05519 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Coatham Stob Quarry |
| Address | Durham Lane, Coatham Stob, Preston On Tees, Cleveland |
| Site operator | Crossley and Sons Limited |
| Licence holder | British Chrome and Chemicals Limited |
| Licence issued | 24 May 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 14 March 1990 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1947 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1982 |
| Area | 7.02 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 440800, 516100 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Coatham Stob Quarry No. 3 AreaSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
- Elementis ChromiumWaste types not recorded
- Witham Hall QuarryHouseholdCommercial
- Land Adjacent to Coatham BrigInert
- Land to the side of Coatham BrigCommercialInert
- Hartburn NurseriesInert
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.