Richborough Battery Storage
Richborough Battery Storage is a power station in Minster, Thanet District, England. Richborough Battery Storage is situated nearby to River Stour, as well as near the power station Sheaf Energy Park.- Type: Power station
- Description: 100 MW battery storage facility in Richborough, Kent, UK
- Also known as: “Richborough Energy Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Richborough Castle and Kent International Airport.
Richborough Castle
Photo: Midnightblueowl, Public domain.
Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres. Richborough Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Richborough Battery Storage.
Kent International Airport
Aerodrome
Manston Airport is a closed international airport in the UK. Originally operated as RAF Manston, from 1916, it has also operated as a commercial airport and was known as Kent International Airport and, briefly, London Manston Airport. Kent International Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Richborough Battery Storage.
Minster railway station
Railway station
Photo: david mills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minster railway station serves the village of Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. It is next to a junction between Canterbury West, Ramsgate and Sandwich. Minster railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Richborough Battery Storage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ebbsfleet and Isle of Thanet.
Ebbsfleet
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ebbsfleet is a hamlet near Ramsgate, Kent, at the head of Pegwell Bay. Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the Isle of Thanet, marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland.
Isle of Thanet
Locality
Photo: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Public domain.
Kent is the most south-easterly county of England. It is popularly known as the "Garden of England" and its coastal areas are popular with visitors.
Richborough
Village
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Richborough is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.
Richborough Battery Storage
- Categories: battery storage power station and industry
- Location: Minster, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.31183° or 51° 18′ 43″ northLongitude
1.34253° or 1° 20′ 33″ eastInception
December 1st, 2023Operator
Richborough Energy Park LimitedOpen location code
9F33886V+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 771093003Wikidata ID
Q132860730
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include River Stour and Sheaf Energy Park.
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