Newton Chambers and Company Limited
SpecialIndustrialInert
Newton Chambers and Company Limited is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Worsbrough. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste between 1977 and 1987, covering about 1.51 hectares. Reference EAHLD04532, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04532 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Newton Chambers and Company Limited |
| Address | Thorncliffe Works, Chapeltown, Sheffield |
| Site operator | Newton Chambers and Company Limited |
| Licence holder | E Teasdale, Estates Manager, Newton Chambers and Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 23 March 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 15 September 1987 |
| First waste input | 23 March 1977 |
| Last waste input | 25 September 1987 |
| Area | 1.51 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 434800, 397800 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Westwood TipIndustrialInert
- Golf CourseInert
- Tankersley Park Golf ClubCommercialInert
- Thorncliffe WorksIndustrialHouseholdInert
- Tankersley Park Golf ClubWaste types not recorded
- Warren LaneCommercialInert
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.