Rhoose Point Encapsulation
SpecialIndustrial
Rhoose Point Encapsulation is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency. It received special (hazardous) and industrial waste between 1977 and 1994, covering about 6.12 hectares. Reference EAHLD14503, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD14503 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rhoose Point Encapsulation |
| Address | Rhoose Point Encapsulation Landfill, Aberthaw Works, Rhoose Point, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan |
| Site operator | Lefarge Cement UK |
| Licence holder | Blue Circle Industries Plc |
| Licence issued | 29 May 1997 |
| Licence surrendered | 16 August 1996 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1977 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1994 |
| Area | 6.12 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South East CY |
| Grid reference | 306200, 165900 |
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.
- 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
- The QuarrySpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Rhoose QuarrySpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- The WoodlandsHouseholdCommercialInert
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.