Woodhall Spa Sand and Gravel, Kirkby On Bain Landfill Site
Liquid / sludgeHouseholdInert
Woodhall Spa Sand and Gravel, Kirkby On Bain Landfill Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. It received liquid/sludge, household and inert waste between 1975 and 1994, covering about 13.75 hectares. Reference EAHLD00087, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD00087 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Woodhall Spa Sand and Gravel, Kirkby On Bain Landfill Site |
| Address | Castle View Farm, Tattershall Road, Kirkby On Bain, Horncastle, Lincolnshire |
| Site operator | Lincolnshire County Council |
| Licence holder | Lincwaste Limited |
| Licence issued | 31 December 1975 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 August 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1975 |
| Last waste input | 30 August 1994 |
| Area | 13.75 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern AN |
| Grid reference | 523500, 361400 |
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.
- 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
- Kirkby On Bain Civic Amenity SiteIndustrialCommercial
- Land Adjacent To Riverslea FarmWaste types not recorded
- Tattershall RoadWaste types not recorded
- Tollersball Thorpe Refuse TipLiquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial
- Landfill Site off Tattershall RoadHouseholdInert
- Butterley QuarrySpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
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.