Wharf Lane Sand Quarry/The Triangle
IndustrialHouseholdInert
Wharf Lane Sand Quarry/The Triangle is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Brownhills. It received industrial, household and inert waste between 1945 and 1993, covering about 7.14 hectares. Reference EAHLD23358, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23358 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Wharf Lane Sand Quarry/The Triangle |
| Address | Wharf Lane, Hammerwich, Chasetown, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Stubbers Green Ash Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 1 April 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 24 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 January 1945 |
| Last waste input | 22 March 1993 |
| Area | 7.14 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 404800, 307100 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Wharf Lane Landfill SiteIndustrialInert
- Wharf Lane Sand PitsHousehold
- Land Adjacent To ChasewaterIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Landfill Site Rear Of Collis Drive/Collis DIYWaste types not recorded
- Hanney Hay RoadWaste types not recorded
- Jubilee ParkIndustrial
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.