Sentry Edge Quarries
CommercialInert
Sentry Edge Quarries is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sowerby Bridge. It received commercial and inert waste between 1940 and 1989, covering about 6.04 hectares. Reference EAHLD33045, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD33045 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Sentry Edge Quarries |
| Address | Old Fields Off Stocks Lane, Mount Tabor, Halilfax, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Mr Mallinson |
| Licence holder | Gordon Smith |
| Licence issued | 19 September 1994 |
| Licence surrendered | 17 June 2002 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1940 |
| Last waste input | 31 January 1989 |
| Area | 6.04 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 405100, 427000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Brown HousesWaste types not recorded
- Boothstead FarmCommercialInert
- Boothstead FarmCommercialInert
- Off Heath Hill RoadCommercialInert
- Green Head QuarryIndustrialCommercialInert
- Heath Hill FarmCommercialInert
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.