Former Barton Hill Gas Holder Site
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
Former Barton Hill Gas Holder Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bristol, City of Bristol. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household and inert waste between 1984 and 1986, covering about 0.57 hectares. Reference EAHLD09540, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD09540 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Former Barton Hill Gas Holder Site |
| Address | Folley Lane, St Phillips, Bristol, Avon |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | South West Gas Distribution |
| Licence issued | 13 May 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | 14 October 1992 |
| First waste input | 31 May 1984 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Area | 0.57 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 360300, 172900 |
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.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- St Philips Marsh DepotWaste types not recorded
- Brixton RoadWaste types not recorded
- Netham Playing FieldsWaste types not recorded
- ConhamWaste types not recorded
- Disused Railway Cutting To The North of Narroways RoadIndustrialInert
- Rose Green RoadWaste 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.