Repton Ash Disposal Site
Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Repton Ash Disposal Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Swadlincote, Derbyshire. It received liquid/sludge and industrial waste between 1974 and 1984, covering about 6.7 hectares. Reference EAHLD23796, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23796 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Repton Ash Disposal Site |
| Address | Land to the West Of Repton Road, Repton Road, Willington, Derbyshire |
| Site operator | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| Licence holder | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| Licence issued | 21 June 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 January 1984 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1974 |
| Last waste input | 31 January 1984 |
| Area | 6.7 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 428400, 327700 |
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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Repton RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Willington Power Station/Land to West of Repton RoadLiquid / sludge
- Land to the West of Repton RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Land to the West of Repton RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- HighbridgeLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Land Off A38IndustrialInert
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.