Quarry, Fetter Hill
Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial
Quarry, Fetter Hill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Coleford, Gloucestershire. It received liquid/sludge, industrial and commercial waste until 1976, covering about 7.25 hectares. Reference EAHLD27772, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD27772 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Quarry, Fetter Hill |
| Address | Rank Xerox, Fetter Hill Quarry, Coleford, Gloucestershire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Rank Xerox |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 1 August 1976 |
| Area | 7.25 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Lower Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 359000, 208600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Birch HillLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- West Dean Sludge TipLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Civic Amenities TipCommercial
- Rank Xerox TipLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
- Sling Engineering WorksIndustrialInert
- Gorsty KnowleWaste 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.