Eggborough power station
Eggborough power station was a coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, which was capable of co-firing biomass. It was situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: former coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Eggborough Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hensall railway station and St Paul’s Church, Hensall.
Hensall railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hensall railway station serves the village of Hensall in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 22 miles east of Leeds. The line is used regularly by the freight companies GB Railfreight, Freightliner and DB Cargo UK that transport coal and limestone to Drax and remove the gypsum created by the flue-gas treatment equipment. Hensall railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Eggborough power station.
St Paul’s Church, Hensall
Church
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Paul's Church is the parish church of Hensall, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid-19th century, Hensall formed part of the parish of St Laurence's Church, Snaith. St Paul’s Church, Hensall is situated 1 mile south of Eggborough power station.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Haddlesey
Church
St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglican church in Chapel Haddlesey, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church in Haddlesey was consecrated by Walter de Gray in 1237. St John the Baptist’s Church, Haddlesey is situated 1¼ miles north of Eggborough power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hensall and Eggborough.
Hensall
Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hensall is a village and civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire.
Eggborough
Village
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggborough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding.
Kellington
Village
Photo: Simon Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kellington is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Aire. Situated almost equidistant between the towns of Pontefract and Selby, the village dates back to at least the 11th century when it was listed in the Domesday Book. Kellington is situated 1½ miles west of Eggborough power station.
Eggborough power station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Eggborough, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.71136° or 53° 42′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.12464° or 1° 7′ 29″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C5WPV6G+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 34383059OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Eggborough power station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃格伯勒電廠”
- Chinese: “埃格鎮發電廠”
- French: “centrale électrique Eggborough”
- Italian: “Centrale elettrica di Eggborough”
- Japanese: “エッグバラ発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eggborough kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Eggborough kraftverk”
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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 “Eggborough power station”. Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.