Cottam power stations

The Cottam power stations were a pair of power stations on over 620 acres of mainly arable land situated at the eastern edge of Nottinghamshire on the west bank of the River Trent at Cottam near Retford.

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Industry
Description: one coal and one gas fired power station in Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Cottam Power Station” and “コタム発電所”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sundown Adventureland and Torksey Castle.

Sundown Adventureland

Theme park

Sundown Adventureland is a children's theme park in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, UK. Sundown Adventureland is situated 1½ miles west of Cottam power stations.

Torksey Castle

Ruins

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torksey Castle is an Elizabethan manor house located… Torksey Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of Cottam power stations.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: John Mace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints is situated 1¼ miles west of Cottam power stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coates and Church Laneham.

Coates

Hamlet

Coates is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England.

Church Laneham

Hamlet

Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church Laneham is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. Church Laneham is situated 1½ miles south of Cottam power stations.

Littleborough

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Littleborough is a village and former civil parish… Littleborough is situated 2 miles north of Cottam power stations.

Cottam power stations

Categories: group and geographic location
Location: Treswell, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.30375° or 53° 18′ 14″ north

Longitude

-0.77622° or 0° 46′ 34″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Operator

EDF Energy

Open location code

9C5X863F+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 154635235

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

GeoNames ID

7284400

Wikidata ID

Q11964143

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In Other Languages

From French to Norwegian Bokmål—“Cottam power stations” goes by many names.

French: “centrale de Cottam”
French: “Centrale de Cottam”
German: “Kraftwerk Cottam”
Japanese: “コッタム発電所”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Cottam kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Cottam kraftverk”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cottam and White’s Bridge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cottam Substation and Floss House Farm.

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