Moor Lane
SpecialIndustrial
Moor Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1977 and 1982, covering about 1.79 hectares. Reference EAHLD12909, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12909 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Moor Lane |
| Address | Moor Lane Moor Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, Rickmansworth |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | St Albans Sand and Gravel Company |
| Licence issued | 12 October 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 29 January 1982 |
| First waste input | 12 October 1977 |
| Last waste input | 29 January 1982 |
| Area | 1.79 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 507100, 194300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Moor LaneSpecialIndustrial
- Moor LaneSpecialIndustrial
- Croxley Hall FarmInert
- Croxley Hall FarmInert
- Moor LaneSpecialIndustrial
- Tolpits LaneInert
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.