Drax
Drax is an electrical substation in Long Drax, Selby District, England. Drax is situated nearby to the power station Lakeside Energy Park, as well as near the forest New Close Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Drax Power Station and St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Drax.
Drax Power Station
Power station
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1,700 feet northwest of Drax.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Drax
Church
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 4,200 feet southeast of Drax.
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 4,100 feet east of Drax.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snaith and West Cowick.
Snaith
Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snaith is a market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, close to the River Aire and the M62 and M18 motorways, 7 miles west of Goole, 10 miles east of Knottingley, 8 miles south of Selby, 10 miles southwest of Howden and 8 miles northwest of Thorne. Snaith is situated 3½ miles southwest of Drax.
West Cowick
Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 1 mile south-east of Snaith. It is just to the south of the A1041 road and north of the M62 motorway. West Cowick is situated 3½ miles south of Drax.
East Cowick
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ miles south of Drax.
Drax
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Long Drax, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.73622° or 53° 44′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.99249° or 0° 59′ 33″ westOperator
National GridOpen location code
9C5XP2P5+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 160580052
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