Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass
Inert
Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire. It received inert waste between 1984 and 1986, covering about 1.54 hectares. Reference EAHLD02144, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02144 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass |
| Address | Skewbridge, Rushden |
| Site operator | Northamptonshire County Council |
| Licence holder | County Surveyor, Northamptonshire County Council |
| Licence issued | 25 May 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1986 |
| First waste input | 30 May 1984 |
| Last waste input | 30 May 1986 |
| Area | 1.54 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern AN |
| Grid reference | 494900, 268500 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Rushden PitInert
- Sewage Disposal WorksHouseholdInert
- Privately Owned TipWaste types not recorded
- EMGAS Shirley RoadInert
- Mill ChromeIndustrial
- OS Plot 182, South Of Wellingborogh RoadInert
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.