Tunnel Mill lane
Inert
Tunnel Mill lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire. It received inert waste between 1981 and 1982, covering about 7.6 hectares. Reference EAHLD02259, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02259 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Tunnel Mill lane |
| Address | Land North Of Turnells Mill Lane, Wellingborough |
| Site operator | Mcalpine, Sir Alfred and Son Limited |
| Licence holder | Sir Alfred Mcalpine Limited |
| Licence issued | 30 April 1981 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 August 1982 |
| First waste input | 1 April 1981 |
| Last waste input | 31 August 1982 |
| Area | 7.6 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern AN |
| Grid reference | 489700, 266600 |
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
- Disused Railway CuttingInert
- Ironstone QuarryInert
- Knuston LodgeInert
- Land North of Gipsy LaneLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial
- Wellingborough Urban District CouncilInert
- Irchester Landfill SiteInert
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.