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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torksey Castle and Sundown Adventureland.
Torksey Castle
Ruins
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torksey Castle is an Elizabethan manor house located in the village of Torksey on the east bank of the River Trent in Lincolnshire, England. It is 12 miles northwest of Lincoln on the A156 road. Torksey Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of Cottam power stations.
Sundown Adventureland
Theme park
Sundown Adventureland is a children's theme park in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, UK. It originally opened as a farmyard in 1968 and is owned by the Rhodes family. As of 2020, it has over 30 rides and attractions. Sundown Adventureland is situated 1½ miles west 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. It is located 8 miles south of Gainsborough. on the west bank of the River Trent. The hamlet is within the North Leverton with Habblesthorpe civil parish.
Church Laneham
Hamlet
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church Laneham is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 9 miles east of Retford, on the west bank of the tidal section of the River Trent. 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, now in the parish of Sturton le Steeple, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. 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″ northLongitude
-0.77622° or 0° 46′ 34″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Operator
EDF EnergyOpen location code
9C5X863F+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 154635235OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
7284400Wikidata ID
Q11964143
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Satellite Map
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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: “コタム発電所”
- Japanese: “コッタム発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cottam kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Cottam kraftverk”
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Nearby Places
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