The Marians
IndustrialInert
The Marians is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. It received industrial and inert waste between 1980 and 1983, covering about 4.08 hectares. Reference EAHLD12620, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12620 |
|---|---|
| Site name | The Marians |
| Address | Barnet Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Dr V A Sheridan |
| Licence issued | 17 July 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 17 January 1983 |
| First waste input | 31 July 1980 |
| Last waste input | 1 January 1983 |
| Area | 4.08 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 518600, 195300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- The Marians No.1IndustrialInert
- Edwarebury House FarmWaste types not recorded
- Land at StratchwoodWaste types not recorded
- Brockley Hill Farm, StanmoreWaste types not recorded
- Royal National Orthopaedic HospitalInert
- Wood Farm, StanmoreWaste 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.