West Winds Farm, Grove Hill
SpecialInert
West Winds Farm, Grove Hill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hailsham, East Sussex. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1964 and 1968, covering about 0.2 hectares. Reference EAHLD20288, October 2025 data revision.
Note: this site's boundary was derived by buffering a point location, not from a surveyed edge — treat the shape as approximate.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20288 |
|---|---|
| Site name | West Winds Farm, Grove Hill |
| Address | Hellingly, Sussex |
| Site operator | East Sussex County Council |
| Licence holder | East Sussex County Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1964 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1968 |
| Area | 0.2 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Sussex SO |
| Grid reference | 559800, 114700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Wellshurst FarmInert
- Land South of Coggers CrossWaste types not recorded
- Leabridge FarmInert
- Coxlow Farm - ESCCInert
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.