UNITED KINGDOM · ENGLAND · LANDSCAPE · INDUSTRY & WASTE
Historic Landfill Sites
What this layer shows
19,806 landfills that closed before modern permitting, mapped by the Environment Agency. The single most-asked question in a contaminated-land desk study: gas, leachate and foundation risk all start here. Indicative boundaries: confirm with the EA before relying on them.
Publisher and licence
Environment Agency copyright and/or database right; contains information © Local Authorities · Environment Agency Conditional Licence
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right; contains information © Local Authorities. Environment Agency Conditional Licence
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · environment.data.gov.uk
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Facts shown for each feature
HLD reference · First input · Last input · EA area
In these presets
Contaminated land
Old landfills, regulated waste sites and the water beneath them. England only. No geology, superficial deposits or radon yet: BGS publishes its 625K geology openly and it is on the list. A ground report still has to be commissioned.