The Fountain
Inert
The Fountain is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Coleford, Gloucestershire. It received inert waste between 1993 and 1995, covering about 0.17 hectares. Reference EAHLD27771, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD27771 |
|---|---|
| Site name | The Fountain |
| Address | Orepool, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Deane Park Construction/Dean Park Contractors Limited |
| Licence issued | 12 July 1993 |
| Licence surrendered | 25 May 1995 |
| First waste input | 1 March 1993 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.17 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 358100, 207600 |
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
- Sling Engineering WorksIndustrialInert
- Quarry, Fetter HillLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial
- Civic Amenities TipCommercial
- Gorsty KnowleWaste types not recorded
- Birch HillLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- West Dean Sludge TipLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
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.