Craneshaugh
SpecialInert
Craneshaugh is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hexham, Northumberland. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1983 and 1984, covering about 0.19 hectares. Reference EAHLD06352, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06352 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Craneshaugh |
| Address | Hexham, Northumberland |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | M Grady Limited |
| Licence issued | 15 September 1983 |
| Licence surrendered | 1 August 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1983 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1984 |
| Area | 0.19 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 395600, 563800 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Craneshaugh 2Inert
- Corbridge RoadWaste types not recorded
- Former Halliwell Parish SiteWaste types not recorded
- Halliwell Dene EastIndustrialInert
- Halliwell DeneHouseholdCommercialInert
- Dilston HaughInert
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.