North East Materials Stockyard
Liquid / sludgeInert
North East Materials Stockyard is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Corby, North Northamptonshire. It received liquid/sludge and inert waste between 1987 and 1990, covering about 8.18 hectares. Reference EAHLD02022, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02022 |
|---|---|
| Site name | North East Materials Stockyard |
| Address | Birchington Road |
| Site operator | British Steel Corporation |
| Licence holder | British Steel Corporation |
| Licence issued | 27 January 1987 |
| Licence surrendered | 8 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 27 January 1987 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1990 |
| Area | 8.18 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern AN |
| Grid reference | 491800, 290700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
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- Railway CuttingInert
- Priors Hall QuarryInert
- Candy Filter Sludge PondsSpecialLiquid / sludge
- Rear Of 117 Corby RoadInert
- Works Dry TipLiquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert
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.