Former Wood Brothers Tip
SpecialCommercial
Former Wood Brothers Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Barnsley. It received special (hazardous) and commercial waste between 1982 and 1984, covering about 0.27 hectares. Reference EAHLD04362, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04362 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Former Wood Brothers Tip |
| Address | Glasstip, Railway Cutting, Beevor Street, Hoyle Mill, Barnsley |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Nuttall Lighting Limited |
| Licence issued | 22 March 1982 |
| Licence surrendered | 9 May 1984 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.27 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 435900, 406500 |
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.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land to the rear of Chapel Street-Beever StreetSpecialIndustrialInert
- Barnsley Football GroundWaste types not recorded
- Mount Osborne Industrial ParkInert
- Monument FieldIndustrial
- Canal to the rear of Twibell StreetInert
- Beatson Clark and Company LimitedSpecialIndustrialInert
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.