Ford Quarry / Hylton Quarry Reclamation Site
Inert
Ford Quarry / Hylton Quarry Reclamation Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sunderland. It received inert waste between 1977 and 1981, covering about 7.8 hectares. Reference EAHLD06583, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06583 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Ford Quarry / Hylton Quarry Reclamation Site |
| Address | St Lukes Road, Ford Estate, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear |
| Site operator | Borough of Sunderland |
| Licence holder | Borough Of Sunderland |
| Licence issued | 14 June 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 12 October 1981 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1977 |
| Last waste input | 12 October 1981 |
| Area | 7.8 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 436100, 557100 |
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
- Ford Paper Mill Phase IIIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Pallion Sports GroundWaste types not recorded
- Ferryboat LaneInert
- Collins FoundryWaste types not recorded
- Coles Cranes Limited No.1Inert
- Timber BeachIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.