Landfill Check

Dagenham Dock

SpecialIndustrial

Dagenham Dock is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dartford, Kent. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1939 and 1990, covering about 9.59 hectares. Reference EAHLD11427, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD11427
Site nameDagenham Dock
AddressDagenham, Essex
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderARC Aggregates
Licence issued9 October 1990
Licence surrendered11 July 1991
First waste input31 December 1939
Last waste input31 October 1990
Area9.59 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorth East TH
Grid reference549200, 182000

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.
Industrial:
factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.