North Yorkshire
Selby District
Long Drax

Drax Power Station

Drax power station is a large biomass power station in , , England. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and had a 1.29 GW capacity for coal that was retired in 2021.
Tap on a place
to explore it
draxpower.com
Wikipedia
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Power station
  • Description: biomass power station in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Drax power station”

Places of Interest Nearby

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 , a village in England. The church was founded during the reign of Henry I of England by William Paynel, who also founded Drax Priory. is situated 1 mile southeast of Drax Power Station.

School
, Drax is a boarding, day, and independent school, based in the rural village of , near , , England. Formerly a boys' school, it became co-educational in 1991. is situated 1 mile east of Drax Power Station.

Photo: Drew Bates, CC BY 2.0.
in the civil parish of , 5 miles south-east of , , England, is a Grade I listed country house, in the Gothic Revival style, and is surrounded by a 250-acre park. is situated 2½ miles south of Drax Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snaith and West Cowick.

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 south of Drax Power Station.

Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in the civil parish of in the , England. It lies in low-lying farmland within the Humberhead Levels. is situated 3½ miles south of Drax Power Station.

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 4 miles south of Drax Power Station.

Drax Power Station

Latitude
53.73802° or 53° 44′ 17″ north
Longitude
-0.99976° or 0° 59′ 59″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Operator
Drax Group PLC
Open location code
9C5XP2Q2+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34383063
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
7284362
Wiki­data ID
Q1629859
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Drax Power Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Drax Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “德拉克斯发电站”
  • Chinese: “德拉克斯發電站”
  • Finnish: “Draxin voimalaitos”
  • French: “Centrale électrique de Drax”
  • French: “centrale thermique de Drax”
  • German: “Kraftwerk Drax”
  • Japanese: “ドラックス火力発電所”
  • Japanese: “ドラックス発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Drax kraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Drax kraftverk”
  • Romanian: “Centrala electrică Drax”
  • Scots: “Drax pouer station”
  • Slovenian: “elektrarna Drax”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Camblesforth and Drax.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Oil tank and Cooling towers (N).

North Yorkshire: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into York, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, and Ripon.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Drax Power Station”. Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.