Newdale Halt open cast workings
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Newdale Halt open cast workings is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Telford, Telford and Wrekin. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1988 and 1989, covering about 0.54 hectares. Reference EAHLD24305, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD24305 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Newdale Halt open cast workings |
| Address | Newdale Halt, Ketley, Shropshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Clay Colliery Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 7 July 1988 |
| Licence surrendered | 6 July 1990 |
| First waste input | 5 December 1988 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1989 |
| Area | 0.54 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 367600, 309800 |
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
- The Rock, KetleyHouseholdCommercial
- Mannerly WoodIndustrialInert
- 77 Hollyhead Road, KetleyInert
- New Testament Church, Holyhead RoadIndustrialInert
- View House, KetleyInert
- Ketley SandsWaste 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.