Landfill Check

Disused Gravel Pit

Inert

Disused Gravel Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hertford, Hertfordshire. It received inert waste between 1977 and 1981, covering about 0.64 hectares. Reference EAHLD10052, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD10052
Site nameDisused Gravel Pit
AddressWestend, Bramfield
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderNorton Abrasives Limited
Licence issued24 June 1977
Licence surrendered17 February 1981
First waste input24 June 1977
Last waste input17 February 1981
Area0.64 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorth East TH
Grid reference529200, 214500

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

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.