Quarry Farm
SpecialLiquid / sludgeInert
Quarry Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Caterham, Surrey. It received special (hazardous), liquid/sludge and inert waste between 1982 and 1989, covering about 1.21 hectares. Reference EAHLD11713, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD11713 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Quarry Farm |
| Address | Quarry Farm, Godstone |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | D Knight Esquire |
| Licence issued | 4 September 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 14 July 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 January 1982 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1989 |
| Area | 1.21 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Kent SO |
| Grid reference | 535200, 153300 |
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.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Fortunon FarmWaste types not recorded
- Fortunon FarmWaste types not recorded
- Godstone HillInert
- Milcell QuarryInert
- Godstone ReservoirsInert
- Godstone Wast and West ReservoirsLiquid / sludgeInert
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.