Happy Hunting Grounds
IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Happy Hunting Grounds is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. It received industrial, household and commercial waste between 2001 and 2012, covering about 0.01 hectares. Reference EAHLD36094, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD36094 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Happy Hunting Grounds |
| Address | Hooe Road,Ninfield,Battle,East Sussex |
| Site operator | Mr M Anstee And Miss T Cornwell |
| Licence holder | Mr M Anstee And Miss T Cornwell |
| Licence issued | 30 September 1997 |
| Licence surrendered | 18 December 2012 |
| First waste input | 4 May 2001 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.01 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Solent and South Downs |
| Grid reference | 570300, 111300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Happy Hunting GroundsWaste types not recorded
- Happy Hunting GroundsIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Russell CottageInert
- Upper Peartree Lane Lunsford CrossIndustrialInert
- Two Greys Stud FarmWaste types not recorded
- St Mary's Recreation GroundHouseholdCommercialInert
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.