Nacton Road
SpecialIndustrial
Nacton Road is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Kesgrave, Suffolk. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1968 and 1984, covering about 0.24 hectares. Reference EAHLD03027, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03027 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Nacton Road |
| Address | Nacton Road, Ipswich |
| Site operator | Ransomes, Simms and Jefferies |
| Licence holder | Ransomes Sims and Jefferies |
| Licence issued | 25 January 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 16 March 1984 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1968 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1984 |
| Area | 0.24 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 620600, 241700 |
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
- Nacton Works FactorySpecialIndustrial
- Nacton RoadSpecialIndustrial
- Nacton WorksWaste types not recorded
- Nacton WorksWaste types not recorded
- Baronsdale CloseIndustrial
- The Suffolk ShowgroundWaste types not recorded
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.