Little Bytham Disused Quarry
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
Little Bytham Disused Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household and inert waste between 1970 and 1993, covering about 1.05 hectares. Reference EAHLD00301, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD00301 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Little Bytham Disused Quarry |
| Address | Grange Farm, The Grange, Little Bytham, Lincolnshire |
| Site operator | Mr A Turner /Lincway Construction |
| Licence holder | Mr A Turner |
| Licence issued | 30 July 1990 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 April 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1970 |
| Last waste input | 30 June 1993 |
| Area | 1.05 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern AN |
| Grid reference | 501200, 317600 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Castle Bytham RoadHouseholdCommercial
- Little BythamHouseholdCommercial
- Castle Bytham RoadHousehold
- Stamford RoadWaste types not recorded
- Witham On The HillInert
- Part Parcel No. 006Inert
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.