The Kent
Inert
The Kent is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Rugby, Warwickshire. It received inert waste between 1972 and 1986, covering about 1.7 hectares. Reference EAHLD28557, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD28557 |
|---|---|
| Site name | The Kent |
| Address | Disused Sewage Works, Rugby, Warwickshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Rugby Borough Council |
| Licence issued | 14 April 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 27 April 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1972 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Area | 1.7 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 452900, 274700 |
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
- Near The KentWaste types not recorded
- Cala LevanteInert
- Hilmorton SidingsWaste types not recorded
- Featherbed LaneWaste types not recorded
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.