Woodcock Wood

Woodcock Wood is a forest in Drax, Selby District, England. Woodcock Wood is situated near the village Drax, as well as near Barmby on the Marsh.

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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 biomass and former coal power station in Drax, North Yorkshire, England. It has a 2.595 GW capacity for biomass and had a 3.960 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 has formed 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
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Latitude

53.7366° or 53° 44′ 12″ north

Longitude

-0.9762° or 0° 58′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C5XP2PF+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 419636539

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Places to explore: Drax and Barmby on the Marsh.

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