West Beckham Pit
Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial
West Beckham Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sheringham, Norfolk. It received liquid/sludge, industrial and commercial waste between 1990 and 1993, covering about 0.53 hectares. Reference EAHLD31094, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31094 |
|---|---|
| Site name | West Beckham Pit |
| Address | Off Allotment Lane, West Beckham, Norfolk |
| Site operator | John McNeil Wilson Limited |
| Licence holder | John McNeil Wilson Limited |
| Licence issued | 1 November 1990 |
| Licence surrendered | 1 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 2 November 1990 |
| Last waste input | 28 February 1993 |
| Area | 0.53 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 613600, 340600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Off Allotmant LaneSpecialCommercialInert
- Bodham PitCommercial
- Disused Pit at Marlpit HeathHousehold
- BodhamWaste types not recorded
- Land South of Roseacre EstateWaste 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.