North Yorkshire
Selby District
Drax

Drax

Drax is a village and civil parish in , England, about 6 miles south-east of , which is best known today as the site of Drax power station.
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  • Type: Village with 515 residents
  • Description: village in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Drax, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Drax and Read School.

Church
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Peter and St Paul's Church is the of Drax, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was founded during the reign of Henry I of England by William Paynel, who also founded Drax Priory.

School
, Drax is a boarding, day, and independent school, based in the rural village of Drax, near , , England. Formerly a boys' school, it became co-educational in 1991.

Power station
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large biomass power station in Drax, , England. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and had a 1.29 GW capacity for coal that was retired in 2021.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Drax and East Cowick.

Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Drury, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet and civil parish in the county of , England, about 2 miles north-east of Drax. In 2011 it had a population of 125.

Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the , England, situated approximately 1.5 miles east of . It lies on the A1041 road and just north of the M62 motorway. is situated 3½ miles south of Drax.

Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town in the civil parish of in the , England. is administered by the unitary authority and, since the 2024 general election, forms part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Drax.

Drax

Latitude
53.7291° or 53° 43′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.97707° or 0° 58′ 38″ west
Population
515
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DRX
Open location code
9C5XP2HF+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 595589666
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651010
Wiki­data ID
Q2420174
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Drax” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Drax”
  • Dutch: “Drax”
  • French: “Drax”
  • German: “Drax”
  • Irish: “Drax”
  • Italian: “Drax (North Yorkshire)”
  • Italian: “Drax”
  • Ladin: “Drax”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Drax”
  • Polish: “Drax”
  • Slovenian: “Drax”
  • Swedish: “Drax”
  • Turkish: “Drax, North Yorkshire”
  • “Drax”

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