Kettlebrook Lane
SpecialIndustrialInert
Kettlebrook Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Tamworth, Staffordshire. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste between 1938 and 1988, covering about 4.57 hectares. Reference EAHLD24117, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD24117 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Kettlebrook Lane |
| Address | Kettlebrook Lane, Tamworth, West of Site adjacent to River Tame |
| Site operator | Tac Construction Materials Limited |
| Licence holder | Eternit Tac Limited |
| Licence issued | 7 November 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 1 January 1991 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1938 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1988 |
| Area | 4.57 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 420800, 302800 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land Off Fazeley RoadInert
- Lane Off River Drive And Anker DriveHousehold
- Southside Of Coventry CanalLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Off Tamworth RoadWaste types not recorded
- Atherstone Street Landfill SiteLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHousehold
- KettlebrookInert
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.