Lynemouth
Liquid / sludgeCommercial
Lynemouth is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. It received liquid/sludge and commercial waste on dates not recorded, covering about 25.67 hectares. Reference EAHLD31794, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31794 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Lynemouth |
| Address | Castle Morpeth, Northumbria |
| Site operator | National Coalboard |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 25.67 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 430700, 590100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- BlindburnWaste types not recorded
- Alcan UK Limited No.3Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Alcan UK Limited No.1SpecialIndustrial
- Alcan UK Limited No.2Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Woodhorn QuarryIndustrialInert
- Lynemouth CuttingInert
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.