Park Quarry
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Park Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Redhill, Surrey. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1975 and 1979, covering about 6.97 hectares. Reference EAHLD11668, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD11668 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Park Quarry |
| Address | Nutfield, Surrey |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | The Greater London Council |
| Licence issued | 7 November 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 29 August 1979 |
| First waste input | 1 April 1975 |
| Last waste input | 29 March 1979 |
| Area | 6.97 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South East TH |
| Grid reference | 529500, 150600 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Park WorksWaste types not recorded
- North Cockley QuarryLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Nutfield Priory Landfill SiteIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Beechfield QuarryLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Holmethorpe Trading EstateIndustrialInert
- Battlebridge LaneWaste types not recorded
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.