List of power stations in England


This is a list of current and former electricity-generating power stations in England. For lists in the rest of the UK, including proposed stations, see the [|see also] section below.

Non-thermal

Hydropower and wave

NameLocationCountyRegionCoordinatesTypeTotal capacity OpenedClosedDemolishedNotes
Backbarrow Power StationBackbarrowCumbriaNorth WestSmall hydro0.32520003 Kaplan turbines
BedlingtonNorthumberlandNorth EastSmall hydro0.31989
BeestonBeestonNottinghamshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro1.662000UK's largest "run-of river" hydro-electric plant
Belper North MillBelperDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.351998
BiddulphBiddulphStaffordshireWest MidlandsSmall hydro0.00
BlockleyBlockleyGloucestershireWest Midlands52°00'47.5"N 1°45'39.6"WSmall hydro0.021888c. 1931
Borrowash MillBorrowashDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.1791995
Brignall MillBrignallCounty DurhamNorth EastSmall hydro0.003
Burton MillBurton upon TrentStaffordshireWest MidlandsSmall hydro0.071998
ChagfordDevonSouth WestSmall hydro0.026
ConistonConistonCumbriaNorth WestSmall hydro0.301932after 1963
Cotton Valley Sewage Works 2Milton KeynesBuckinghamshireSouth EastSmall hydro0.0152006
Cuckney SchoolCuckneyNottinghamshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.0082006
De Lank QuarrySt BrewardCornwallSouth WestSmall hydro0.32002
Derwent ReservoirBlanchlandCounty Durham/NorthumberlandNorth EastSmall hydro0.0971957
DowntonSalisburyWiltshireSouth West50°59'32"N 1°44'43"WSmall hydro0.0351972-78Station was diesel engine and hydro-electric.
FladburyPershoreWorcestershireWest Midlands52°06'44.4"N 2°00'20.9"WSmall hydro0.0091900c. 1925
Gants MillBrutonSomersetSouth WestSmall hydro0.0122004
Glen Lyn GorgeLynmouthDevonSouth WestSmall hydro0.3
Guildford HydroGuildfordSurreySouth EastSmall hydro0.0352006
Hamlyn MillSwaffhamNorfolkEastSmall hydro0.0072006
Houghton MillHoughtonCambridgeshireEastSmall hydro0.0121999
Kielder WaterKielderNorthumberlandNorth EastSmall hydro121982
LintonLinton-on-OuseNorth YorkshireNorth EastSmall hydro0.75before 1923
Longbridge Weir HydroDerbyDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.0232013
LudlowLudlowShropshireWest Midlands52°22'11.9"N 2°43'00.2"WGas engines & small hydro
MarytavyMarytavyDevonSouth WestSmall hydro3.988
Masson MillMatlock BathDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.261994
NewburyNewburyBerkshireSouth51° 24’ 07”N, 1° 18’ 53”WSmall hydro0.1121905before 1954
Osney Lock HydroOxfordOxfordshireSouth EastSmall hydro0.0492015
RingwoodRingwoodHampshireSouthHydro + oil engine0.147
Salgasson's MillGodalmingSurreySouth EastHydro + coal0.007518811884First power unit for public lighting
SalisburySalisburyWiltshireSouth51°04'09"N 1°47'52"WSmall hydro0.0451898before 1923building extantGilkes 60 hp turbine
Settle HydroSettleNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the HumberSmall hydro0.052009
Stockport hydroMarple StockportCheshireNorth WestSmall hydro0.0682012
Tellisford MillTellisfordSomersetSouth WestSmall hydro0.0752007
Torrs HydroNew MillsDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.0632008
Whalley HydroWhalleyLancashireNorth WestSmall hydro0.12014
Wave HubHayleCornwallSouth WestWave2020142019
WickwarWickwarGloucestershireWest Midlands51°35'57.0"N 2°23'49.1"WCoal & small hydro0.031888Late 1920s
WorcesterWorcesterWorcestershireMidlands52°11′30″N 02°13′43″WSmall hydro0.418941930sConverted to residential use

Other hydropower schemes

Small hydropower sites in Great Britain with no further information.

Wind power