Monkmoor U2 Materials Part Enclosure 3966
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Monkmoor U2 Materials Part Enclosure 3966 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1940 and 1991, covering about 1.77 hectares. Reference EAHLD24267, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD24267 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Monkmoor U2 Materials Part Enclosure 3966 |
| Address | Monkmoor U2 Materials, Monkmoor Section - A49 Link Road, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Alfred McAlpine Limited |
| Licence issued | 20 March 1991 |
| Licence surrendered | 2 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1940 |
| Last waste input | 31 August 1991 |
| Area | 1.77 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 352300, 313700 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Telford Estate, ShrewsburyHouseholdInert
- Land Adjacent To A49 Link, SundorneInert
- Preston FarmInert
- Bell Lane, ShrewsburyIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Dell Farm ExtensionIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Dell FarmIndustrialInert
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.