The Leys
HouseholdInert
The Leys is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Kingswinford. It received household and inert waste between 1939 and 1981, covering about 6.81 hectares. Reference EAHLD29053, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD29053 |
|---|---|
| Site name | The Leys |
| Address | Bryce Road, Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, West Midlands |
| Site operator | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Licence holder | West Midlands County Council |
| Licence issued | 21 June 1981 |
| Licence surrendered | 29 January 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1939 |
| Last waste input | 30 November 1981 |
| Area | 6.81 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 390400, 287600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- The Leys TipIndustrialCommercialInert
- Dingle SchoolIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Dingle SchoolIndustrial
- Alphasil Works Redevelopment SiteInert
- Bryce RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
- Brierley Hill RoadLiquid / 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.