Sellafield railway station
Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It serves Sellafield, in Cumbria, England; it is situated 35 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness.Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Sellafield, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “SEL”, “Sellafield Railway Station”, and “Sellafield Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sellafield and Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Sellafield
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning. Sellafield is situated 1,900 feet east of Sellafield railway station.
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
Building
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd, the site licensee. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant is situated 2,100 feet east of Sellafield railway station.
Grey Croft stone circle
Archaeological site
Grey Croft stone circle is a restored stone circle near Seascale in Cumbria, England. It is situated near the site of the former nuclear-power stations at Sellafield. Grey Croft stone circle is situated 1 mile southeast of Sellafield railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seascale and Calder Bridge.
Seascale
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
Calder Bridge
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956. Calder Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Sellafield railway station.
Blackbeck
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House. Blackbeck is situated 2½ miles north of Sellafield railway station.
Sellafield railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.41665° or 54° 24′ 60″ northLongitude
-3.51045° or 3° 30′ 38″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SEL”Open location code
9C6RCF8Q+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 6080996613OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Sellafield railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Sellafield”
- Dutch: “Station Sellafield”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سيلافيلد”
- French: “gare de Sellafield”
- French: “Sellafield”
- Korean: “셀라필드역”
- Urdu: “سیلافیلڈ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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