Quarry Road
SpecialInert
Quarry Road is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Heysham, Lancashire. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1984 and 1986, covering about 5.4 hectares. Reference EAHLD06872, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06872 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Quarry Road |
| Address | Port of Heysham New Pond, Money Close Lane, Heysham, High Heysham, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Sealink UK Limited |
| Licence issued | 5 April 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | 25 August 1989 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1984 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Area | 5.4 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 341000, 460400 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Port of Heysham Industrial ParkIndustrialInert
- Sealink UKLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
- Heysham DockWaste types not recorded
- Heysham Power Station No.2SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Heysham Power StationIndustrialInert
- Tim Butler Plant Hire LtdInert
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.