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

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
Borrowash MillBorrowashDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.1791995
Brignall MillBrignallCounty DurhamNorth EastSmall hydro0.003
Burton MillBurton upon TrentStaffordshireWest MidlandsSmall hydro0.071998
ChagfordDevonSouth WestSmall hydro0.026
ConistonConistonLancashireNorth WestSmall hydro0.30
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
DowntonSalisburyWiltshireSouthSmall hydro0.15
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
MarytavyMarytavyDevonSouth WestSmall hydro3.988
Masson MillMatlock BathDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.261994
Osney Lock HydroOxfordOxfordshireSouth EastSmall Hydro0.0492015
RingwoodRingwoodHampshireSouthHydro + oil engine0.147
Settle HydroSettleNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the HumberSmall hydro0.052009
Tellisford MillTellisfordSomersetSouth WestSmall hydro0.0752007
Torrs HydroNew MillsDerbyshireEast MidlandsSmall hydro0.0632008
Whalley HydroWhalleyLancashireNorth WestSmall hydro0.12014
Wave HubHayleCornwallSouth WestWave2020142019
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.