West Common

West Common is in Hensall, Selby District, England. West Common is situated nearby to Hensall railway station, as well as near Hensall Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hensall railway station and St Paul’s Church, Hensall.

Hensall railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hensall railway station serves the village of Hensall in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 22 miles east of Leeds. The line is used regularly by the freight companies GB Railfreight, Freightliner and DB Cargo UK that transport coal and limestone to Drax and remove the gypsum created by the flue-gas treatment equipment. Hensall railway station is situated 1,500 feet south of West Common.

St Paul’s Church, Hensall

Church

Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church is the parish church of Hensall, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid-19th century, Hensall formed part of the parish of St Laurence's Church, Snaith. St Paul’s Church, Hensall is situated 2,200 feet south of West Common.

Eggborough power station

Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eggborough power station was a coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, which was capable of co-firing biomass. It was situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough. Eggborough power station is situated 3,600 feet northwest of West Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hensall and Great Heck.

Hensall

Village

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Hensall is a village and civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire.

Great Heck

Village

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Great Heck is a small village in Heck parish, about 7 miles south of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was 201 at the 2011 census.