Crowhurst Brickworks
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Crowhurst Brickworks is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Oxted, Surrey. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1987 and 1996, covering about 4.36 hectares. Reference EAHLD19199, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD19199 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Crowhurst Brickworks |
| Address | Pikes Lane, Crowhurst, Lingfield, Kent |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Surrey County Council |
| Licence issued | 21 February 1986 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 8 August 1987 |
| Last waste input | 18 June 1996 |
| Area | 4.36 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Kent SO |
| Grid reference | 539100, 146000 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Crowhurst BrickworksWaste types not recorded
- North West Corner Of Lingfield Common RoadInert
- HolmleaWaste types not recorded
- Lingfield Mini SkipsWaste types not recorded
- Crowhurst Lane EndWaste types not recorded
- Land At Haxted RoadWaste types not recorded
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.