Hoddesdon Quarry
HouseholdCommercialInert
Hoddesdon Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1978 and 1981, covering about 2.57 hectares. Reference EAHLD12257, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12257 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Hoddesdon Quarry |
| Address | Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | St Albans Sand and Gravel Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 25 April 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 12 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 25 April 1978 |
| Last waste input | 25 March 1981 |
| Area | 2.57 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 535300, 207600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Hoddesdon QuarryHouseholdCommercialInert
- North of Cock LaneWaste types not recorded
- North of Cock LaneWaste types not recorded
- North of Cock LaneWaste types not recorded
- Broxbournebury Park QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Broxbournebury Park QuarryHouseholdCommercialInert
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.