Mercantile Dock / Dry Docks 1, 2, 3 and 4
Inert
Mercantile Dock / Dry Docks 1, 2, 3 and 4 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Jarrow. It received inert waste between 1989 and 1994, covering about 1.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD06292, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06292 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Mercantile Dock / Dry Docks 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Address | Tyne Support Base, Curlew Road, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear |
| Site operator | European Marine Contractors Limited |
| Licence holder | European Marine Contractors Limited |
| Licence issued | 20 October 1989 |
| Licence surrendered | 2 August 1994 |
| First waste input | 5 November 1989 |
| Last waste input | 18 April 1994 |
| Area | 1.35 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 433300, 565700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- East JarrowWaste types not recorded
- Sewage WorksWaste types not recorded
- Howdon RoadHousehold
- Northumberland DockWaste types not recorded
- Low FlatworthHousehold
- Jarrow Slake No.1IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.