Wilkinson Marl Hole
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Wilkinson Marl Hole is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent. It received household and commercial waste between 1945 and 1990, covering about 6.93 hectares. Reference EAHLD24078, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD24078 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Wilkinson Marl Hole |
| Address | Acreswood Road, Burslem, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Staffordshire County Council |
| Licence issued | 26 April 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1991 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1945 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1990 |
| Area | 6.93 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 387800, 351200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Acreswood Landfill SiteHouseholdInert
- AcreswoodHousehold
- Land At Acreswood RoadHouseholdInert
- Acreswood Bank TopIndustrialInert
- Burslem Golf CourseHousehold
- Land Between High 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.