Sizewell A power station

Sizewell A power station is in Leiston, Suffolk Coastal District, England. Sizewell A power station is situated nearby to Sizewell B power station, as well as near the forest Hill Wood.

Type: Industry
Description: UK nuclear power station
Also known as: “Sizewell A Nuclear Power Station”
Postal code: IP16 4UE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sizewell B power station and Summerhill School.

Sizewell B power station

Power station

Photo: john fielding, CC BY 2.0.

Sizewell B power station is situated 960 feet north of Sizewell A power station.

Summerhill School is an independent day and boarding school in Leiston, Suffolk, England. It was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around. Summerhill School is situated 2 miles west of Sizewell A power station.

Long Shop Museum

Museum

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Long Shop Museum is an industrial heritage museum in the town of Leiston in the English county of Suffolk. The museum features the history of Richard Garrett & Sons who manufactured a wide range of industrial and agricultural machinery, steam engines, and electric vehicles. Long Shop Museum is situated 2 miles west of Sizewell A power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sizewell and Aldringham.

Sizewell

Hamlet

Photo: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sizewell is an English fishing hamlet in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It belongs to the civil parish of Leiston and lies on the North Sea coast just north of the larger holiday village of Thorpeness, between the coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold.

Aldringham

Village

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldringham is a village in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is the namesake of the Aldringham cum Thorpe civil parish that it is a part of. Aldringham is situated 2 miles southwest of Sizewell A power station.

Eastbridge

Hamlet

Eastbridge is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It is located approximately 4 miles north of Leiston, 2 miles from the North Sea in the parish of Theberton, immediately south of the Minsmere RSPB reserve. Eastbridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Sizewell A power station.

Sizewell A power station

Category: nuclear reactor
Location: Leiston, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.21178° or 52° 12′ 42″ north

Longitude

1.61884° or 1° 37′ 8″ east

Inception

1966

Open location code

9F436J69+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 54967828

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q104946710

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In Other Languages

“Sizewell A power station” goes by many names.

French: “Sizewell A”

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Highlights include Hill Wood and Square Covert.

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