Landfill Check

Old Bridge Caravan Site

Inert

Old Bridge Caravan Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Whickham. It received inert waste between 1988 and 1989, covering about 0.22 hectares. Reference EAHLD06226, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06226
Site nameOld Bridge Caravan Site
AddressSwalwell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderMiss J M Ellison
Licence issued23 February 1989
Licence surrendered10 November 1989
First waste input15 July 1988
Last waste input10 November 1989
Area0.22 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthumbria NE
Grid reference419900, 562300

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.