Oil tank

Oil tank is an industrial building in Long Drax, Selby District, England. Oil tank is situated nearby to Drax Power Station, as well as near the forest New Close Wood.

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 780 feet south of Oil tank.

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 1¼ miles southeast of Oil tank.

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 1 mile southeast of Oil tank.

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 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 has formed part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency. Snaith is situated 3½ miles south of Oil tank.

West Cowick

Village

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

West Cowick is a village located in the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies in low-lying farmland within the Humberhead Levels. West Cowick is situated 4 miles south of Oil tank.

South Duffield

Hamlet

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

Cliffe is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, but from 1974 to 2023 was in the Selby District of the shire county of North Yorkshire. South Duffield is situated 4 miles north of Oil tank.

Oil tank

Type: Industrial building
Categories: building and industry
Location: Long Drax, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.74003° or 53° 44′ 24″ north

Longitude

-0.99853° or 0° 59′ 55″ west

Height

66 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

9C5XP2R2+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 202155871

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=storage_tank

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