Marl Pit
IndustrialInert
Marl Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Rugeley, Staffordshire. It received industrial and inert waste between 1985 and 1986, covering about 0.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD23312, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23312 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Marl Pit |
| Address | Marl Pit, Hall Farm, Pipe Ridware, Near Rugele, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | J C Smith and Son |
| Licence issued | 9 August 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 20 May 1993 |
| First waste input | 9 August 1985 |
| Last waste input | 13 March 1986 |
| Area | 0.35 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 409700, 318500 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- The Wharf Old SiteWaste types not recorded
- Landfill Near Pipe RidwareHousehold
- Woodhouse FarmWaste types not recorded
- Gorse Lane Landfill SiteWaste types not recorded
- Blithbury Bank FarmIndustrial
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.