List of power stations in England
This is a list of current and former electricity-generating power stations in England. For lists sorted by type, including proposed stations, see the [|see also] section below.
Thermal
Non-thermal
Hydropower and wave
Name | Location | County | Region | Coordinates | Type | Total capacity | Opened | Closed | Demolished | Notes |
Backbarrow Power Station | Backbarrow | Cumbria | North West | Small hydro | 0.325 | 2000 | 3 Kaplan turbines | |||
Bedlington | Northumberland | North East | Small hydro | 0.3 | 1989 | |||||
Beeston | Beeston | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 1.66 | 2000 | UK’s largest "run-of river" hydro-electric plant | |||
Belper North Mill | Belper | Derbyshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 0.35 | 1998 | ||||
Biddulph | Biddulph | Staffordshire | West Midlands | Small hydro | 0.00 | |||||
Borrowash Mill | Borrowash | Derbyshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 0.179 | 1995 | ||||
Brignall Mill | Brignall | County Durham | North East | Small hydro | 0.003 | |||||
Burton Mill | Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | West Midlands | Small hydro | 0.07 | 1998 | ||||
Chagford | Devon | South West | Small hydro | 0.026 | ||||||
Coniston | Coniston | Lancashire | North West | Small hydro | 0.30 | |||||
Cotton Valley Sewage Works 2 | Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire | South East | Small hydro | 0.015 | 2006 | ||||
Cuckney School | Cuckney | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 0.008 | 2006 | ||||
De Lank Quarry | St Breward | Cornwall | South West | Small hydro | 0.3 | 2002 | ||||
Derwent Reservoir | Blanchland | County Durham/Northumberland | North East | Small hydro | 0.097 | 1957 | ||||
Downton | Salisbury | Wiltshire | South | Small hydro | 0.15 | |||||
Gants Mill | Bruton | Somerset | South West | Small hydro | 0.012 | 2004 | ||||
Glen Lyn Gorge | Lynmouth | Devon | South West | Small hydro | 0.3 | |||||
Guildford Hydro | Guildford | Surrey | South East | Small hydro | 0.035 | 2006 | ||||
Hamlyn Mill | Swaffham | Norfolk | East | Small hydro | 0.007 | 2006 | ||||
Houghton Mill | Houghton | Cambridgeshire | East | Small hydro | 0.012 | 1999 | ||||
Kielder Water | Kielder | Northumberland | North East | Small hydro | 12 | 1982 | ||||
Linton | Linton-on-Ouse | North Yorkshire | North East | Small hydro | 0.75 | before 1923 | ||||
Longbridge Weir Hydro | Derby | Derbyshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 0.023 | 2013 | ||||
Marytavy | Marytavy | Devon | South West | Small hydro | 3.988 | |||||
Masson Mill | Matlock Bath | Derbyshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 0.26 | 1994 | ||||
Osney Lock Hydro | Oxford | Oxfordshire | South East | Small Hydro | 0.049 | 2015 | ||||
Ringwood | Ringwood | Hampshire | South | Hydro + oil engine | 0.147 | |||||
Settle Hydro | Settle | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | Small hydro | 0.05 | 2009 | ||||
Tellisford Mill | Tellisford | Somerset | South West | Small hydro | 0.075 | 2007 | ||||
Torrs Hydro | New Mills | Derbyshire | East Midlands | Small hydro | 0.063 | 2008 | ||||
Whalley Hydro | Whalley | Lancashire | North West | Small hydro | 0.1 | 2014 | ||||
Wave Hub | Hayle | Cornwall | South West | Wave | 20 | 2014 | 2019 | |||
Worcester | Worcester | Worcestershire | Midlands | 52°11′30″N 02°13′43″W | Small hydro | 0.4 | 1894 | 1930s | Converted to residential use |
Other hydropower schemes
Small hydropower sites in Great Britain with no further information.- Itteringham Mill
- Marlingford Mill
- Marsh Mill
- Milford Mill
- Old Walls, Dartmoor
- Oldcotes Mill
- Oswestry, Llanfordda
- Ponts Mill Scheme
- River Dart Country Park, Dartmoor
- Sonning Mill
- St. Blazey
- Sturston Mill
- Talamh Life Centre
- Tellisford Mill, Somerset
- Trecarrell Mill
- Trelubbas
Wind power
- List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom