Rear of Nurseries/Shakespeare's Nurseries
IndustrialInert
Rear of Nurseries/Shakespeare's Nurseries is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bawtry. It received industrial and inert waste between 1983 and 1993, covering about 1.34 hectares. Reference EAHLD04502, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04502 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rear of Nurseries/Shakespeare's Nurseries |
| Address | Gatehouse Lane, Auckley, Doncaster |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Shakespear Nurseries |
| Licence issued | 13 January 1983 |
| Licence surrendered | 19 May 1993 |
| First waste input | 13 January 1983 |
| Last waste input | 19 May 1993 |
| Area | 1.34 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 465600, 400100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Hurst LaneWaste types not recorded
- Sand and Gravel Pit/Auckley QuarryInert
- Land Off A614Waste types not recorded
- Bawtry RoadWaste types not recorded
- Refuse Tip off Bawtry RoadCommercial
- Brooklands 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.