Thornhill Gas Power Station

Thornhill Gas Power Station is a power station in Kirklees, England. Thornhill Gas Power Station is situated near Ravensthorpe railway station, as well as near Lees Hall Farm Bridge.

Type: Power station
Description: gas power station in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Thornhill Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ravensthorpe railway station and Dewsbury Bus Museum.

Ravensthorpe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Ravensthorpe railway station served the Ravensthorpe suburb of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Huddersfield line between Leeds and Manchester, 8 miles north-east of Huddersfield. Ravensthorpe railway station is situated 580 feet south of Thornhill Gas Power Station.

Dewsbury Bus Museum

Museum

Photo: 24 Barnsley Road, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in September 1989, it is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, a registered charity, and is run entirely by volunteer effort. Dewsbury Bus Museum is situated 2,400 feet west of Thornhill Gas Power Station.

The Greenwood Centre

Library

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Greenwood Centre is a library, which is situated 1,800 feet west of Thornhill Gas Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ravensthorpe and Thornhill Lees.

Ravensthorpe

Suburb

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravensthorpe is an area of Dewsbury, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Ravensthorpe is on the western outskirts of Dewsbury and is part of the "Dewsbury West" ward in the district of Kirklees.

Thornhill Lees

Suburb

Thornhill Lees is a district of Thornhill near Dewsbury, in the borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Thornhill Lees is between Thornhill and Dewsbury town centre, in the area between the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Boothroyd

Suburb

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Boothroyd is a village located west of Dewsbury in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Boothroyd has a primary school. Grade II listed buildings in Boothroyd include the church of St John, the war memorial in Crow Nest Park, and the gate piers and gates to Crow Nest Park.

Thornhill Gas Power Station

Categories: natural gas-fired power station and industry
Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.67707° or 53° 40′ 37″ north

Longitude

-1.65482° or 1° 39′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C5WM8GW+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 898388608

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q116901863

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lees Hall Farm Bridge and Calder & Hebble Canal Bridge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Thornhill 132 and Calderwharf mills.

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