Three Arch Bridge
Inert
Three Arch Bridge is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. It received inert waste between 1981 and 1983, covering about 0.34 hectares. Reference EAHLD08482, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD08482 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Three Arch Bridge |
| Address | Ridge Road, West Compton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Dennet Brothers |
| Licence issued | 10 September 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 1 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 1 January 1981 |
| Last waste input | 21 October 1983 |
| Area | 0.34 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 360000, 142800 |
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
- Three Arch BridgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Coombe FarmIndustrialInert
- Coombe FarmIndustrialInert
- Ham LaneIndustrialHouseholdInert
- Downside QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.