Highbridge
Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Highbridge is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. It received liquid/sludge and industrial waste between 1969 and 1983, covering about 15.16 hectares. Reference EAHLD23797, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23797 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Highbridge |
| Address | Derby Road, Stretton, Derbyshire |
| Site operator | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| Licence holder | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| Licence issued | 7 February 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 24 May 1983 |
| First waste input | 10 November 1969 |
| Last waste input | 24 May 1983 |
| Area | 15.16 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 427600, 327500 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- 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
- Repton RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Repton Ash Disposal SiteLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Land to the West of Repton RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Willington Power Station/Land to West of Repton RoadLiquid / sludge
- Land Off Carriers RoadIndustrialInert
- CEGB Waste Disposal SiteIndustrial
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.