Disused Works / Dorking works
IndustrialCommercialInert
Disused Works / Dorking works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Madeley, Staffordshire. It received industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1990 and 1993, covering about 0.1 hectares. Reference EAHLD23380, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23380 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Disused Works / Dorking works |
| Address | Redhall Lane, Halmerend, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | S T Hague |
| Licence issued | 28 February 1990 |
| Licence surrendered | 27 April 1993 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.1 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 378800, 348300 |
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.
- 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
- Disused Railway CuttingIndustrialInert
- Hayes WoodWaste types not recorded
- Near Bulthorns WoodWaste types not recorded
- Near Disused ShaftsHouseholdInert
- South West Of Bullthorns WoodWaste types not recorded
- North West of Alsagers BankWaste 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.