Hinkley Point A nuclear power station
Hinkley Point A nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station. It is located on a 19.4-hectare site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, 5 miles west of the River Parrett estuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: decommissioned nuclear power station in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Hinkley Point A” and “HPA”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station and Stogursey Castle.
Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station
Photo: Richard Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, 5 miles north of Bridgwater and 5 mi west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett. Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station is situated 690 feet east of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station.
Stogursey Castle
Castle
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stogursey Castle is a medieval castle in Somerset, England. Most of the site is in ruins, but there is a thatched gatehouse used for holiday rental by the Landmark Trust. Stogursey Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station.
St Andrew’s Church, Stogursey
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
The Church of St Andrew in Stogursey, Somerset, England dates from the early 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church of St Andrew, now the parish church of Stogursey, was built as part of the Benedictine priory of Stogursey founded c. St Andrew’s Church, Stogursey is situated 2 miles south of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stogursey and Lilstock.
Stogursey
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stogursey is a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated 3 miles from Nether Stowey, and 8 miles west of Bridgwater. Stogursey is situated 2 miles south of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station.
Lilstock
Hamlet
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston in Somerset, England. It is 12 miles north-west of Bridgwater, and 8 miles north-east of Williton. Lilstock is situated 3 miles west of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station.
Steart
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steart, historically also called Stert, is a small village in Somerset, England. It lies in an isolated position on the Steart Peninsula on the Bristol Channel coast, about 6 miles north of Bridgwater. Steart is situated 3½ miles east of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station.
Hinkley Point A nuclear power station
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Stogursey, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Scots—“Hinkley Point A nuclear power station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “欣克利角A核电站”
- Chinese: “欣克利角A核電站”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Hinkley Point A”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Hinkley Point A”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Hinkley Point A”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Hinkley Point A”
- German: “KKW Hinkley Point A”
- Hungarian: “Hinkley Point A atomerőmű”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Hinkley Point A”
- Japanese: “ヒンクリー・ポイントA原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hinkley Point A kjernekraftverk”
- Russian: “АЭС Хинкли-Пойнт А”
- Scots: “Hinkley Point A nuclear pouer station”
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