Waters End Landfill
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Waters End Landfill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near York, York. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1980 and 1988, covering about 0.58 hectares. Reference EAHLD05250, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD05250 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Waters End Landfill |
| Address | Rear of Salisbury Road, Water End, York |
| Site operator | York City Council |
| Licence holder | York City Council |
| Licence issued | 28 May 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 19 February 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 May 1980 |
| Last waste input | 30 September 1988 |
| Area | 0.58 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 458500, 452400 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Hobmoor TerraceHousehold
- West FieldWaste types not recorded
- St. Stephens/Foxwood laneWaste types not recorded
- Foxwood LaneWaste 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.