Furthermead Farm
SpecialInert
Furthermead Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste from 1989, covering about 2.36 hectares. Reference EAHLD09543, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD09543 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Furthermead Farm |
| Address | Queen Charlton Lane, Whitchurch |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | S G Bodman |
| Licence issued | 23 January 1989 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 2.36 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 362500, 167100 |
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
- Further Mead FarmHouseholdCommercialInert
- Furthermead FarmIndustrialInert
- Dissused Railway Line Adjoining Royal British Legion ClubSpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
- Former Railway Cutting Near Dene RoadInert
- Norton Malreward TipIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- New Barn FarmSpecialInert
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.