Ramsgate power station

Ramsgate power station supplied electricity to the town of Ramsgate, Kent, England and the surrounding area from 1905 to 1958. The station was operated by the Ramsgate and District Electric Supply Company Limited until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948.

Type: Brownfield land
Description: former coal-fired power station
Also known as: “Ramsgate Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ramsgate railway station and St. Luke’s Church.

Ramsgate railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent, England. The station lies on the Chatham Main Line, 79 miles 21 chains down the line from London Victoria, the Kent Coast Line, and the Ashford to Ramsgate line. Ramsgate railway station is situated 900 feet west of Ramsgate power station.

St. Luke’s Church

Church

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Luke’s Church is situated 1,900 feet east of Ramsgate power station.

St Laurence’s Church, Ramsgate

Church

Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Laurence's Church, also known as St Laurence-in-Thanet, is a Church of England parish church in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent. St Laurence’s Church, Ramsgate is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Ramsgate power station.