Ryemeads Quarry, Stanstead Abbotts
Inert
Ryemeads Quarry, Stanstead Abbotts is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. It received inert waste between 1999 and 2011, covering about 13.56 hectares. Reference EAHLD35810, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD35810 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Ryemeads Quarry, Stanstead Abbotts |
| Address | Toll Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Terberts Hill, Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | Ryemeads Quarry, Stanstead Abbotts |
| Licence holder | R M C Aggregates ( Greater London ) Ltd |
| Licence issued | 27 August 1999 |
| Licence surrendered | 1 June 2011 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 13.56 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East Thames |
| Grid reference | 540200, 210700 |
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
- Rye Meads Gravel PitInert
- Rye Meads QuarryInert
- RyemeadsInert
- Rye Meads Gravel PitWaste types not recorded
- Rye Meads Gravel PitInert
- Rye Meads Gravel PitInert
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.