Land at Baggeridge Quarry
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Land at Baggeridge Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Kingswinford. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1976 and 1984, covering about 5.44 hectares. Reference EAHLD28962, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD28962 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land at Baggeridge Quarry |
| Address | Himley Road, Lower Gornel, Dudley, West Midlands |
| Site operator | Wimpy Waste Management |
| Licence holder | Wimpey Waste Management |
| Licence issued | 10 November 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 September 1991 |
| First waste input | 14 June 1976 |
| Last waste input | 29 February 1984 |
| Area | 5.44 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 390300, 290900 |
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.
- 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
- Baggeridge QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Smithy Lane and Cinder RoadInert
- Oak LaneWaste types not recorded
- Oak LaneIndustrialInert
- The AlleyHouseholdCommercial
- Stallings Lane, Tansey Green RoadWaste types not recorded
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.