Horsebridge Pumping Station
Inert
Horsebridge Pumping Station is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hailsham, East Sussex. It received inert waste between 1977 and 1978, covering about 0.24 hectares. Reference EAHLD20253, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20253 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Horsebridge Pumping Station |
| Address | Peake Gardens, Upper Horsebridge Road, Hailsham, Sussex |
| Site operator | Hellingly Parish Council |
| Licence holder | Hellingly Parish Council |
| Licence issued | 2 September 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 6 March 1992 |
| First waste input | 19 October 1977 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1978 |
| Area | 0.24 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Sussex SO |
| Grid reference | 557900, 111200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Bakers FarmInert
- Blacklane Junction with A267HouseholdCommercial
- Rutland CottagesInert
- West of Cuckoo trailInert
- Mill LaneHousehold
- Land Opposite Coldharbour RoadInert
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.