Woodford Bridge Tip
SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert
Woodford Bridge Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Chigwell, Essex. It received special (hazardous), household, commercial and inert waste between 1939 and 1977, covering about 9.45 hectares. Reference EAHLD11409, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD11409 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Woodford Bridge Tip |
| Address | Hill Farm, Chigwell, Essex |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | L B Redbridge |
| Licence issued | 13 September 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 11 May 1984 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1939 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1977 |
| Area | 9.45 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 542000, 189300 |
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.
- 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
- Beal High School Playing FieldsWaste types not recorded
- Roding Hospital SiteWaste types not recorded
- French's FieldWaste types not recorded
- Roding Lane Sports GroundWaste types not recorded
- Landscape RoadWaste 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.