Rushford
Special
Rushford is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Thetford, Norfolk. It received special (hazardous) waste until 1988, covering about 27.88 hectares. Reference EAHLD01426, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD01426 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rushford |
| Address | Thetford |
| Site operator | Wasteaway Limited |
| Licence holder | Wasteaway Limited |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1988 |
| Area | 27.88 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Central AN |
| Grid reference | 594100, 280400 |
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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
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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.