Ferry Lane
SpecialInert
Ferry Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Chester, Cheshire West and Chester. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1937 and 1972, covering about 3.28 hectares. Reference EAHLD14224, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD14224 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Ferry Lane |
| Address | Sealand |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | 12 May 1995 |
| Licence surrendered | 16 August 1996 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1937 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1972 |
| Area | 3.28 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Northern CY |
| Grid reference | 337600, 366800 |
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
- Border House FarmIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Brymau No.4IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Deva TipCommercial
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.