UK power stations atlas

Berkeley is one of the earliest Magnox sites and remains important for understanding the first generation of British civil nuclear design.

Bradwell is an estuary-edge Magnox site whose isolation and flat marsh landscape make it especially striking.

Calder Hall is central to any account of British nuclear history because it was the world’s first nuclear power station to deliver electricity at commercial scale.

Chapelcross sits close to the English border and occupies a key place in the story of Britain’s earliest civil-military nuclear landscapes.

Dungeness A belongs to the earlier Magnox generation and sits beside the later AGR station, making the site a compact lesson in reactor evolution.

Dungeness B closed after long operational difficulties and now sits in the unusual landscape of shingle, sea and decommissioning infrastructure.

Hartlepool is one of the remaining AGR stations, extended to continue generating into the late 2020s.

Heysham 1 remains part of the shrinking AGR fleet and sits beside Heysham 2 on the Lancashire coast.

Heysham 2 is one of the strongest-performing AGR stations and remains central to Britain’s current nuclear output.

Hinkley Point A is the earliest layer of the Hinkley story, preceding both the AGR era and the current EPR build.

Hinkley Point B now forms the historical layer beside the emerging Hinkley Point C project on the same headland.

Hinkley Point C is the flagship new-build nuclear project intended to define the next chapter of UK civil nuclear generation.

Hunterston A helps show how some UK nuclear locations carry multiple generations of reactors on essentially the same coastal site.

Hunterston B was one of Scotland’s defining nuclear stations and is now in the post-generation stage of its life.

Oldbury is a Severn estuary Magnox site and an important reference point for long-term nuclear clean-up and site stewardship.

Sizewell A sits beside Sizewell B and the proposed Sizewell C, making the Suffolk coast one of the clearest examples of nuclear continuity across generations.

Sizewell B is the UK’s only operating pressurised water reactor and one of the anchor stations in the present fleet.

Sizewell C represents the next intended large-scale nuclear build after Hinkley Point C, extending the Suffolk nuclear cluster.

Torness is Scotland’s last operating nuclear station and one of the most visually distinctive industrial sites on the North Sea coast.

Trawsfynydd is unusual within the British fleet because of its inland lake setting inside a mountainous Welsh landscape.

Wylfa was the last operating Magnox station in the UK and remains central to debates about a possible future nuclear return to Anglesey.

Aberthaw B was the last big Welsh coal station and remained strategically important until the final phase-out years.

Cockenzie was a crucial East Lothian coal station and one of Scotland’s best-known industrial coastal landmarks.

Cottam was a major Trent-side coal station known for its long turbine hall, cooling towers, and late survival into the final decade of UK coal.

Didcot A was one half of the famous Didcot dual-station site, representing the older coal phase before the newer gas station beside it.

Drax matters in coal history because its remaining coal units survived late into the phase-out era even while the wider site pivoted toward biomass.

Eggborough bridged the old CEGB world and the post-privatisation period, surviving as a major Yorkshire coal station into the late 2010s.

Ferrybridge C was one of the defining Yorkshire coal stations, remembered both for generation and for its vast, instantly recognisable towers.

Fiddler's Ferry was a big Mersey-side coal station whose closure became symbolic of the rapid retreat of coal from the UK system.

Ironbridge B sat in one of Britain’s most symbolically industrial landscapes, linking modern power generation to the deeper history of the Industrial Revolution.

Kilroot’s coal units formed part of Northern Ireland’s distinctive power story, where security of supply and conversion pathways mattered heavily.

Kingsnorth on the Medway estuary became nationally significant in debates around air pollution, climate policy and the future of coal.

Longannet was Scotland’s giant coal station, dominant in scale and widely visible across the Firth of Forth.

Lynemouth’s coal-fired phase ended before the site was repurposed, making it a useful case study in post-coal reinvention.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar was the last coal-fired power station in the UK, closing in September 2024 and marking the end of the coal era in British power generation.

Rugeley B was one of the last West Midlands coal stations and a familiar industrial landmark in Staffordshire.

Tilbury B straddled coal and biomass transition narratives before closing as a major estuarial thermal site on the Thames.

Uskmouth B endured in a smaller, later-life role, showing how some older thermal stations survived in reduced form rather than as giant baseload sites.

West Burton A was one of the final large English coal stations, and its closure signalled the shrinking endgame of coal generation.

Ballylumford CCGT is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Blackburn is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Burghfield is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Carrington Power is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Cheshire is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Chickerell is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Coolkeeragh is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Corby Power Station is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Coryton Energy Company Ltd is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Cottam Development Centre is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Croydon is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Damhead Creek is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Derby is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Didcot B is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Enfield is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Exeter is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Grain is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Great Yarmouth is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Grimsby is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Heartlands is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Hythe is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Immingham VPI is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Keadby is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Keadby 2 is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Killingholme is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Kings Lynn is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Langage is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Little Barford is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Marchwood Power is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Medway is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Pembroke is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Peterborough PPL2 is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Peterborough Power Station is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Peterhead is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Rocksavage is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Rye House is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Saltend Power Station is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Seabank is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Severn Power is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Shoreham is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

South Humber Bank is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Spalding Energy is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Spalding Expansion is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Staythorpe is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Thornhill is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

Viking Energy is a peaking or fast-response gas site, built to start quickly when the system needs extra capacity.

West Burton CCGT is a major UK gas-fired combined-cycle station used within the modern flexible thermal fleet.

Wilton International is part of the contemporary UK gas-fired generation fleet.