Port Vale Hertford
SpecialIndustrialInert
Port Vale Hertford is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hertford, Hertfordshire. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste between 1901 and 1992, covering about 1.39 hectares. Reference EAHLD12214, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12214 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Port Vale Hertford |
| Address | Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | McMullen and Sons Limited |
| Licence holder | McMullen and Sons Limited |
| Licence issued | 10 June 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 14 March 1994 |
| First waste input | 1 January 1901 |
| Last waste input | 21 April 1992 |
| Area | 1.39 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 531800, 212900 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Mead LaneInert
- Mead LaneInert
- Waterford Quarry LandfillWaste types not recorded
- Waterford Quarry LandfillSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- St Michael and All Angels ChurchInert
- Waterford Plantation and Timber OrchardInert
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.