Woodcock Wood
Woodcock Wood is a forest in Drax, Selby District, England. Woodcock Wood is situated nearby to the village Drax, as well as near Barmby on the Marsh.Places of Interest
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.
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 Helen’s Church
Church
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Helen, Barmby on the Marsh, East Riding of Yorkshire, England is a redundant church which is now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Drax and Snaith.
Long Drax
Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Drury, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Drax is a small hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles north-east of Drax. In 2011 it had a population of 125.
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, forms part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency.
Newsholme
Hamlet
Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newsholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the market town of Howden and lies on the north side of the A63 road.
Woodcock Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Drax, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7366° or 53° 44′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.9762° or 0° 58′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C5XP2PF+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 419636539OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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