Windscale
Windscale is in St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, England. Windscale is situated nearby to Fuel storage pond, as well as near the building Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sellafield railway station and Ponsonby Tarn.
Sellafield railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It serves Sellafield, in Cumbria, England; it is situated 35 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness. Sellafield railway station is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Windscale.
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
Building
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd, the site licensee. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant is situated 3,000 feet south of Windscale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calder Bridge and Blackbeck.
Calder Bridge
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.
Blackbeck
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House. Blackbeck is situated 1½ miles north of Windscale.
Seascale
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
Windscale
Latitude
54.42454° or 54° 25′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.49895° or 3° 29′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6RCGF2+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 335157756OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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