Landfill Check

Middle Engine Lane

Inert

Middle Engine Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Jarrow. It received inert waste in 1980, covering about 0.51 hectares. Reference EAHLD06082, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06082
Site nameMiddle Engine Lane
AddressMiddle Engine Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
Site operatorShiremoor House Farm
Licence holderMr Hardy
Licence issued17 March 1980
Licence surrendered21 November 1985
First waste input17 March 1980
Last waste input31 December 1980
Area0.51 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthumbria NE
Grid reference432100, 569300

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.