Landfill Check

Ferry Road

HouseholdCommercialInert

Ferry Road is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1948 and 1979, covering about 0.67 hectares. Reference EAHLD01573, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD01573
Site nameFerry Road
AddressWest Side of Ferry Road, Barrow Haven, Barrow upon Humber
Site operatorHumberside County Council
Licence holderHumberside county Council
Licence issued27 September 1977
Licence surrendered31 December 1979
First waste input31 December 1948
Last waste input31 December 1979
Area0.67 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthern AN
Grid reference506600, 420800

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

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

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.