Old Brickworks Landfill
SpecialIndustrial
Old Brickworks Landfill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bridgwater, Somerset. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1950 and 1994, covering about 3.72 hectares. Reference EAHLD08512, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD08512 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Old Brickworks Landfill |
| Address | Batch Road, Puriton Drove, Bridgwater, Somerset |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | British Cellophane Limited |
| Licence issued | 10 January 1979 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 March 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1950 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 3.72 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 331600, 142600 |
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
- British Cellophane Limited Puriton SouthWaste types not recorded
- Domestic Waste SiteHousehold
- Royal Ordinance FactoryInert
- Puriton ParkIndustrialInert
- Disused Quarry East Of Puriton ParkIndustrialHouseholdInert
- Royal Ordnance FactorySpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
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.