Report - Eggborough Power Station - April 2021

[raisinwing]

Clearly this is nothing new, there are plenty of reports on this place, but this is my take on the place. I've wanted to get on the power station game for a looooong time, however as normal things have gotten in the way and despite a few brief pokes at Rugeley and Ironbridge I've never gotten around to making a concerted attempt. Plus to be honest there has always been stuff higher up my to do list on a local level. Anyway, recently me and Mike found some time to head up here for a nosey.

Brief history, ripped straight from Wikipedia, as you do:

Eggborough power station is a large decommissioned coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, which was capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough. The station had a generating capacity of 1,960 megawatts, enough electricity to power 2 million homes, equivalent to the area of Leeds and Sheffield. The station closed in September 2018, but there are plans to replace it with a 2,500 megawatt gas power plant.

The station began generating power in 1967, making use of nearby coal-reserves. It was built for, and initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board.

Clearly works are well underway stripping the place in preparation for demolition. It certainly would have been nice to see the place back in the day, but I'm satisfied with having seen it regardless - plus there are others to see. It was a thoroughly enjoyable morning, 10/10 would recommend it, going to Nottingham Ikea on the way home followed by a lengthy afternoon walk not recommended.

Props to Mike for giving me a mint when my general lack of fitness tried to do me in atop the northern gantry crane.

Archive image from 1993.

Stairs, stairs and more stairs. Nice views of the surrounding area including Drax from up here.

Pretty much the only bit of the dusty side not yet filled with scaffolding.

The sets are in various states of dismantlement. Architecturally the station is very pleasant to look at, George Hooper did a nice job.

Control room.

 

[host]

Still a well worthy visit. Cracking report

 

[MotionlessMike]

An enjoyable morning mate.

 

[HughieD]

Fantastic stuff. This makes me want to break my powerstation duck...

 

[Terminal Decline]

Sad seeing another one torn to bits, but still looking rather lovely!

 

[Landie_Man]

Still a well worthy visit. Cracking report

Not so sure. I had a visit planned with @Dragon_Urbex and we were going to take a former employee, non explorer to see his old workstation after we did Fiddlers. He drove there the week before and said they were beginning to prep the cooling towers. We aborted straight away and changed hotels to explore more stuff around Fiddlers. Really, really didn’t want to risk Egg with those guys there.

 

[raisinwing]

Not so sure. I had a visit planned with @Dragon_Urbex and we were going to take a former employee, non explorer to see his old workstation after we did Fiddlers. He drove there the week before and said they were beginning to prep the cooling towers. We aborted straight away and changed hotels to explore more stuff around Fiddlers. Really, really didn’t want to risk Egg with those guys there.

When we were there you could see that preparation work had been taking place on the cooling towers. No need to go near the towers unless you really want to though.

 

[Landie_Man]

When we were there you could see that preparation work had been taking place on the cooling towers. No need to go near the towers unless you really want to though.

Just didn’t fancy going whilst they were hanging sheets on the towers, didn’t know what kit they had lying around in there was all.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Always enjoy this one. So photogenic. Really well covered. That control room is becoming so iconic. Superb stuff:

 

[Camera Shy]

Yes mate, images are winners.

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

Truly outstanding location and photos

 

[Bikin Glynn]

The control room does look worth seeing , very nice

 

[Jane Doe]

Awesome photos