St John's Cross
Inert
St John's Cross is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Battle, East Sussex. It received inert waste between 1989 and 1990, covering about 0.15 hectares. Reference EAHLD19246, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD19246 |
|---|---|
| Site name | St John's Cross |
| Address | Battle Road Service Station, Johns Cross Road, Near Robertsbridge, East Sussex |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | 1 January 1976 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 30 June 1989 |
| Last waste input | 30 June 1990 |
| Area | 0.15 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Kent SO |
| Grid reference | 574000, 121700 |
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
- TemplewoodWaste types not recorded
- Walters FarmInert
- Walters OastInert
- New Cut WoodsHouseholdCommercial
- North of Fayre MeadowInert
- Junction of Solomon's Lane and Eatenden LaneHouseholdCommercial
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.