Fiddler's Ferry Power Station
Cheshire's eight-tower giant. Fiddler's Ferry Power Station is a 1,995 MW coal-fired power station in Cheshire, England, operated by SSE.
- Cheshire
- England
- Commissioned 1971
- Closed 2020
- Planning (completed)
- Consented (completed)
- Construction (completed)
- Operating1971 (completed)
- Closed2020 (current stage)
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 1,995 MW
- Status
- Decommissioned
- Technology
- Coal
- Operator
- SSE
- Region
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Coordinates
- 53.3681, -2.6831
- Commissioned
- 1971
- Closed
- 2020
- Units
- 4
- Cooling towers
- 8
- Tower height m
- 114
- Chimney height m
- 200
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Fiddler's Ferry Power Station compares
Coal-fired stations burned coal to raise steam for turbines. Great Britain's last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, closed in September 2024.
All coal-fired power stations Power stations in CheshireAbout Fiddler's Ferry Power Station
Fiddler's Ferry was a 2 GW coal station in Cheshire whose eight 114m cooling towers and 200m chimney dominated the Mersey Valley for nearly 50 years.
History
First generated electricity in 1971 with four English Electric 500 MW units. Owned by SSE in its final years. Unit 1 closed in 2019; the remaining three units ran until end of March 2020. The eight cooling towers were demolished in three batches between 2021 and 2023 β a ten-second event watched by tens of thousands.
The site today
Closed 31 March 2020. All eight cooling towers and the chimney were demolished between 2021 and 2023. Peel Group is redeveloping the site.
Did you know?
- Eight cooling towers demolished between 2021 and 2023
- Visible from the M62 for miles
- Closed on 31 March 2020 after SSE exited coal
- Site now being redeveloped for housing and logistics
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Also operated by SSE
SSE operates 2 sites in the register. Largest first:
Source
Fiddler's Ferry Power Station.
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