Old Wharf Farm
Inert
Old Wharf Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Towcester, West Northamptonshire. It received inert waste in 1987, covering about 0.47 hectares. Reference EAHLD02322, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02322 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Old Wharf Farm |
| Address | Yardley Gobion |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | J T G and S A Bowen |
| Licence issued | 14 July 1987 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 July 1987 |
| Last waste input | 31 October 1987 |
| Area | 0.47 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central AN |
| Grid reference | 476600, 245300 |
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
- A508 - Grand Union CanalLiquid / sludge
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.