Drax Cemetery
Drax Cemetery is a cemetery in Drax, Selby District, England. Drax Cemetery is situated nearby to the public building Drax Sports and Social Club, as well as near the power station Lakeside Energy Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Drax and Drax Power Station.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Drax
Church
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St Peter and St Paul's Church is the parish church of Drax, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was founded during the reign of Henry I of England by William Paynel, who also founded Drax Priory. St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Drax is situated 2,400 feet east of Drax Cemetery.
Drax Power Station
Power station
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Drax power station is a large biomass power station in Drax, North Yorkshire, England. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and had a 1.29 GW capacity for coal that was retired in 2021. Drax Power Station is situated 1 mile northwest of Drax Cemetery.
Read School
School
Read School, Drax is a boarding, day, and independent school, based in the rural village of Drax, near Selby, North Yorkshire, England. Formerly a boys' school, it became co-educational in 1991. Read School is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Drax Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Drax and Snaith.
Long Drax
Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Drury, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Drax is a small hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles north-east of Drax. In 2011 it had a population of 125. Long Drax is situated 1½ miles northeast of Drax Cemetery.
Snaith
Town
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Snaith is a market town in the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Snaith is administered by the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority and, since the 2024 general election, forms part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency. Snaith is situated 3 miles southwest of Drax Cemetery.
East Cowick
Village
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East Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 1.5 miles east of Snaith. It lies on the A1041 road and just north of the M62 motorway. East Cowick is situated 3 miles south of Drax Cemetery.
Drax Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Drax, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72713° or 53° 43′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.98764° or 0° 59′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C5XP2G6+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1431538174OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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