Rheidol Power Station
Rheidol power station is a 56 MW hydroelectric scheme near Aberystwyth, Wales. It was built between 1957 and 1962 and was officially opened on 3 July 1964.Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station in Ceredigion, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Rheidol Hydropower Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castell Bwa-drain Camp and Rheidol Falls railway station.
Castell Bwa-drain Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castell Bwa-drain Camp is an archaeological site, which is situated 1,600 feet east of Rheidol Power Station.
Rheidol Falls railway station
Railway station
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rheidol Falls railway station is a railway station serving Rheidol Falls in Ceredigion in Mid-Wales. It is an intermediate station and request stop on the preserved narrow gauge 1 ft 11¾ in Vale of Rheidol Railway. Rheidol Falls railway station is situated 1,900 feet south of Rheidol Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmbrwyno and Aberffrwd.
Cwmbrwyno
Hamlet
Cwmbrwyno is a hamlet in the community of Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 71.2 miles from Cardiff and 172.3 miles from London. Cwmbrwyno is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.
Aberffrwd
Hamlet
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberffrwd is a village in the Welsh principal area of Ceredigion. It has a railway station on the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway, which was operated by British Rail as part of the island wide rail network until 1980.
Goginan
Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goginan is a small village in Ceredigion, Wales, about 7 miles outside Aberystwyth on the A44 between Ponterwyd and Capel Bangor. Afon Melindwr runs through the village, and is a tributary of the Afon Rheidol. Goginan is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rheidol Power Station.
Rheidol Power Station
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
- Location: Melindwr, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.39632° or 52° 23′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.89977° or 3° 53′ 59″ westOperator
StatkraftOpen location code
9C4R94W2+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 156707732OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q7320336
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In Other Languages
“Rheidol Power Station” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Bwer Rheidol”
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