Holbury No.1 Pit
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Holbury No.1 Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Southampton, City of Southampton. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1977 and 1991, covering about 16.9 hectares. Reference EAHLD20704, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20704 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Holbury No.1 Pit |
| Address | Lime Kiln Lane, Holbury, Hampshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Hales Containers Limited |
| Licence issued | 22 June 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 27 March 1991 |
| First waste input | 22 June 1977 |
| Last waste input | 27 March 1991 |
| Area | 16.9 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Hampshire and Isle of Wight SO |
| Grid reference | 442100, 104100 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Refuse Tip at Lime Kiln LaneCommercial
- Land Adjacent to Lime Kiln LaneHouseholdCommercial
- Gang WarilyInert
- Gang WarilyInert
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.