Rhoose Quarry
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Rhoose Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household and commercial waste between 1981 and 1991, covering about 5.75 hectares. Reference EAHLD14923, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD14923 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rhoose Quarry |
| Address | Rhoose Point Developement, Former Cardiff Airport Ind Est, Rhoose Point, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan |
| Site operator | Blue Circle Cement Plc |
| Licence holder | Blue Circle Cement Plc |
| Licence issued | 21 October 1981 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1991 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1981 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1991 |
| Area | 5.75 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South East CY |
| Grid reference | 306700, 165600 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Rhoose Point EncapsulationSpecialIndustrial
- The QuarrySpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- 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.