Landfill Check

Heybarn Farm

SpecialIndustrial

Heybarn Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Glossop, Derbyshire. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1973 and 1979, covering about 0.52 hectares. Reference EAHLD16825, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD16825
Site nameHeybarn Farm
AddressNear Rowarth, Derbyshire
Site operatorFerro Alloys and Metals Limited
Licence holderFerro Alloys and Metals Limited
Licence issued19 December 1978
Licence surrendered6 December 1979
First waste input1 October 1973
Last waste input30 November 1979
Area0.52 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaSouth NW
Grid reference403100, 390200

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.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.