Two Tree Island
HouseholdCommercialInert
Two Tree Island is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Canvey Island, Essex. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1967 and 1978, covering about 56.19 hectares. Reference EAHLD01180, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD01180 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Two Tree Island |
| Address | Two Tree Island, Leigh On Sea |
| Site operator | Essex County Council |
| Licence holder | Essex County Council |
| Licence issued | 31 May 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 24 November 1967 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1978 |
| Area | 56.19 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 582200, 185000 |
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.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Hadleigh MarshHouseholdCommercial
- Leigh Controlled Tip (Two Tree IslandCommercial
- Leigh MarshesIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Newlands MarshIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Newlands Disposal SiteCommercial
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.