Long Drax

Long Drax is a small hamlet and civil parish in the county of , England, about 2 miles north-east of . In 2011 it had a population of 125.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet with 109 residents
  • Description: settlement and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Langrick” and “Long Drax, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Drax Power Station and St Mary the Virgin.

Power station
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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.

Church
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, Hemingbrough, also known as Hemingbrough Minster, is a church in , which is near in , . It is a Grade I listed building.

Church
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St Peter and St Paul's Church is the parish church 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newsholme and South Duffield.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the , England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the market town of and lies on the north side of the A63 road. is situated 2½ miles east of Long Drax.

Hamlet
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Cliffe is a small village and civil parish in , England. It was historically part of the until 1974, but from 1974 to 2023 was in the of the shire county of . is situated 3 miles north of Long Drax.

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the , England. It is situated approximately 1 mile west of the market town of and lies to the west of the B1228 road. is situated 3 miles east of Long Drax.

Long Drax

Latitude
53.748° or 53° 44′ 53″ north
Longitude
-0.9683° or 0° 58′ 6″ west
Population
109
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9C5XP2XJ+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 756394661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7301621
Wiki­data ID
Q2264961
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Long Drax” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Long Drax”
  • Dutch: “Long Drax”
  • French: “Long Drax”
  • Irish: “Long Drax”
  • Ladin: “Long Drax”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Long Drax”
  • Polish: “Long Drax”
  • Slovenian: “Long Drax”
  • Swedish: “Long Drax”
  • Turkish: “Long Drax”
  • “Long Drax”

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