Warmwell Quarry Part 2
IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Warmwell Quarry Part 2 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dorchester, Dorset. It received industrial, household and commercial waste between 1997 and 1992, covering about 240.83 hectares. Reference EAHLD09694, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD09694 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Warmwell Quarry Part 2 |
| Address | Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | ECC Quarries Limited |
| Licence issued | 8 December 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 15 December 1992 |
| First waste input | 8 December 1997 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 240.83 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 375100, 88300 |
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.
- 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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Warmwell Sand and Gravel PitsIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Dorchester Rural District Council TipIndustrialCommercial
- Crossways Sports FieldInert
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.