Baglan Bay Power Station
Baglan Bay power station was a 525 MWe gas-fired power station situated on Baglan Moors just west of Port Talbot in Wales.Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Industry
- Description: power station in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Baglan Bay power station” and “Was Baglan Bay Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baglan railway station and Briton Ferry railway station.
Baglan railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth Lovering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baglan railway station is a minor station in the village of Baglan in Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. It is 204 miles 53 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud. Baglan railway station is situated 1 mile east of Baglan Bay Power Station.
Briton Ferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Briton Ferry railway station is a minor station in the village of Briton Ferry, south Wales. It is 206 miles 40 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud. Briton Ferry railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Baglan Bay Power Station.
Aberavon Beach
Beach
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberavon Beach, also known as Aberavon Sands, is a three-mile stretch of sandy beach on the north-eastern edge of Swansea Bay in Port Talbot, Wales. With its high breaker waves, it is popular with surfers. Aberavon Beach is situated 1½ miles south of Baglan Bay Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baglan and Briton Ferry.
Baglan
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baglan is a village in Wales, adjoining Port Talbot, named after Saint Baglan. It is also a community and ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
Briton Ferry
Town
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Briton Ferry is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel.
Jersey Marine
Village
Jersey Marine is a village in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, UK located about 3 miles east of Swansea. It falls within the Coedffranc West ward. Jersey Marine is situated 1½ miles northwest of Baglan Bay Power Station.
Baglan Bay Power Station
- Category: natural gas-fired power station
- Location: Baglan Bay, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61599° or 51° 36′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.83434° or 3° 50′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3RJ588+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 203104429OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q4841968
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Baglan Bay Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Baglan Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Baglan Bay gasskraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Baglan Bay gasskraftverk”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Trydan Bae Baglan”
- Welsh: “Pwerdy Bae Baglan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baglan Bay Solar Farm - Phase 1 and Baglan Brook.
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