Carrington Power Station

Carrington Power Station is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, which was completed in Autumn 2016 and began commercial operation on 18 September 2016.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Irlam Viaduct and Irlam railway station.

Irlam Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Craig Sunter, CC BY 2.0.

Irlam Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 800 feet northwest of Carrington Power Station.

Irlam railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Irlam railway station in Irlam, Greater Manchester, England, is 8+3⁄4 miles west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line, and is operated by Northern Trains. Irlam railway station is situated 1 mile west of Carrington Power Station.

Flixton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Flixton railway station is in Flixton, Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern Trains. It is 6+1⁄2 miles west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line. Flixton railway station is situated 1¼ miles east of Carrington Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irlam and Cadishead.

Irlam

Town

Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, 6.7 miles southwest of Salford, 7.6 miles southwest of Manchester and 8.3 miles northeast of Warrington.

Cadishead

Village

Photo: Dealtdark, Public domain.

Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a 2014 population of 10,739, situated within the historic county of Lancashire.

Partington

Town

Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Partington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is sited ten miles south-west of Manchester city centre. Partington is situated 1½ miles southwest of Carrington Power Station.

Carrington Power Station

Type: Power station
Description: power station in Greater Manchester, England, UK
Categories: coal-fired power station, combined cycle power station, and industry
Location: Carrington, Trafford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.4374° or 53° 26′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.41032° or 2° 24′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C5VCHPQ+XV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 70311216

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q5046442

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