Kingsnorth power station
Kingsnorth power station was a dual-fired coal and oil power station on the Hoo Peninsula at Medway in Kent, South East England. The four-unit Hinton Heavies station was operated by energy firm E.ON UK, and had a generating capacity of 2,000 megawatts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: former dual-fired coal and oil power station in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kingsnorth Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Damhead Creek power station and Church of St Werburgh, Hoo.
Damhead Creek power station
Power station
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Damhead Creek power station is a 792 MWe gas-fired power station in Kent, England, on the Hoo Peninsula, It is near the site of the decommissioned Kingsnorth power station. The plant entered service in February 2001. Damhead Creek power station is situated 2,700 feet north of Kingsnorth power station.
Church of St Werburgh, Hoo
Church
Photo: Ifor R Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Werburgh, Hoo is situated 1½ miles west of Kingsnorth power station.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 2 miles northeast of Kingsnorth power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillingham and Brompton.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Brompton
Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brompton is a suburban village situated between the town centres of Gillingham and Chatham, lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub. Brompton is situated 3½ miles southwest of Kingsnorth power station.
Rainham
Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rainham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Strood it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns. There is also a town of Rainham in Essex.
Kingsnorth power station
- Categories: coal-fired power station, oil-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Persian—“Kingsnorth power station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kingsnorth kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Kingsnorth kraftverk”
- Persian: “نیروگاه کینگسسورث”
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