Cowes Power Station
Cowes power station is a 140MW Open Cycle Gas Turbine station powered by two 70MW units. Located in East Cowes, the station is the Isle of Wight's only conventional power generation source other than power from the mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mark Pilbeam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: power station on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK
- Also known as: “Kingston power station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Osborne House and East Cowes Town Hall.
Osborne House
Park
Photo: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Osborne House is situated 1 mile east of Cowes Power Station.
East Cowes Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Cowes Town Hall is a municipal building in York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of East Cowes Town Council, is a locally listed building. East Cowes Town Hall is situated 3,700 feet north of Cowes Power Station.
St Mildred’s Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham is the Church of England parish church of the village of Whippingham, Isle of Wight. St Mildred’s Church is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Cowes Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whippingham and East Cowes.
Whippingham
Village
Whippingham is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 787. It is located 1+1⁄2 miles south of East Cowes in the north of the Island.
East Cowes
Town
Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. It has a population of 8,428 according to the 2021 Census.
Northwood
Village
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Northwood is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It lies south of the town of Cowes and has been occupied for about 1000 years. The Church of St John the Baptist in Northwood, was first built between the 11th and 13th centuries.
Cowes Power Station
- Categories: natural gas-fired power station and industry
- Location: Whippingham, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74722° or 50° 44′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.28617° or 1° 17′ 10″ westOperator
RWE nPowerOpen location code
9C2WPPW7+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 688029957OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5179664
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Cowes Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Cowes”
- German: “Kraftwerk Kingston”
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Highlights include Kingston Marine Services and Old Kingston Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cowes Power Station”. Photo: Mark Pilbeam, CC BY-SA 2.0.