Land To North of Wombwell Bypass
CommercialInert
Land To North of Wombwell Bypass is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Wombwell. It received commercial and inert waste between 1991 and 1995, covering about 4.68 hectares. Reference EAHLD04422, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04422 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land To North of Wombwell Bypass |
| Address | Wombwell, Barnsley |
| Site operator | VHE Construction Limited |
| Licence holder | VHE Construction Limited |
| Licence issued | 13 June 1991 |
| Licence surrendered | 10 February 1995 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1991 |
| Last waste input | 10 February 1995 |
| Area | 4.68 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 440700, 402700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Section of disused canal between Everill Gate LaneInert
- Parkhill QuarrySpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Rear of Catholic ClubWaste types not recorded
- Disused Canal between Littlefield Lane and Station RoadInert
- Disused canal between Station Road and Littlefield RoadInert
- Brampton 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.