Connah’s Quay Power Station
Connah's Quay Power Station is the name of the current 1,420 MW gas-fired power station near Connah's Quay in Flintshire in North Wales. The power plant, which is situated on the south bank of the River Dee, is the modern successor to a coal-fired power station which closed in 1984 and demolished in 1992.Photo: alan smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: gas-fired power station to the west of Connah’s Quay in Flintshire in north Wales
- Also known as: “Connahs Quay Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deeside Stadium and Flintshire Bridge.
Deeside Stadium
Stadium
Deeside Stadium is a multi-sport stadium located in Connah's Quay, Deeside. It was the home stadium to Cymru Premier side Connah's Quay Nomads until the 2023–24 season and is the home of the Deeside Athletics Club. Deeside Stadium is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Connah’s Quay Power Station.
Flintshire Bridge
Bridge
Photo: alan smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Flintshire Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Dee Estuary in North Wales. The bridge links Flint and Connah's Quay to the shore north of the River Dee at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula. Flintshire Bridge is situated 3,600 feet east of Connah’s Quay Power Station.
Connah’s Quay High School
School
Connah's Quay High School is an 11–16 mixed, English-medium, community comprehensive secondary school in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales. The school has a roll of 992 learners, of whom 120 are in the sixth form. Connah’s Quay High School is situated 3,900 feet south of Connah’s Quay Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakenholt and Connah’s Quay.
Oakenholt
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakenholt is a village in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated to the south east of the town of Flint, near the A548 road. At the 2001 Census, the population of the Flint Oakenholt Ward was 2920.
Connah’s Quay
Town
Photo: Liquidia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Connah's Quay, known locally as "The Quay" and formerly known as Wepre, is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales on the River Dee and next to the border with England.
Northop Hall
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northop Hall is a village and community near Connah's Quay in Flintshire, Wales. Located to the east of Northop, near the A55 North Wales Expressway, the village is largely residential in character. Northop Hall is situated 2 miles south of Connah’s Quay Power Station.
Connah’s Quay Power Station
- Categories: natural gas-fired power station, combined cycle power station, coal-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Flint, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.23295° or 53° 13′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.08384° or 3° 5′ 2″ westOperator
UniperOpen location code
9C5R6WM8+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 26427510OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5161301
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Connah’s Quay Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Connah’s Quay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Connah’s Quay kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Connah’s Quay kraftverk”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Bŵer Cei Connah”
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