The Moss
Inert
The Moss is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Wolsingham, County Durham. It received inert waste between 1984 and 1986, covering about 0.09 hectares. Reference EAHLD06180, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06180 |
|---|---|
| Site name | The Moss |
| Address | Edge,Woodland, Bishop Auckland, County Durham |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Mr Albert Linsley |
| Licence issued | 28 October 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 5 February 1988 |
| First waste input | 16 April 1984 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Area | 0.09 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 407900, 526800 |
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
- Land East of CopleyWaste types not recorded
- Land South of WoodlandWaste types not recorded
- Land South East of LynesackWaste 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.