Landfill Check

Metro Centre

Inert

Metro Centre is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Whickham. It received inert waste between 1987 and 1994, covering about 18.92 hectares. Reference EAHLD06761, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06761
Site nameMetro Centre
AddressSwalwell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderCameron Hall Developments
Licence issued30 September 1987
Licence surrendered31 March 1994
First waste input1 October 1987
Last waste input31 March 1994
Area18.92 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthumbria NE
Grid reference420800, 562800

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

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.