Willington Power Station
Photos - 19.
Where - Derby, Derbyshire.
Visited - 13 April 2007.
Posted - 15 April 2007.
Categories -
urbex, power-station.
- Contents
- Cooling towers
- Inside
- Stuff
Willington power station was built in the 1950's next to the river Trent and close to the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire coalfields, at the time thought in-exhaustible. Initial plans were to have two cooling towers and four generators - "Willington A". During construction, "Willington B" was commissioned, with three more cooling towers and two generators.
Privatisation ensued, and National Power eventually decommissioned the station - A closing in 1995, and B following in 1999.
That's a very concise history - more detailed information can be found on the excellent Brief History of Willington Power Station website.
Not a lot remains at Willington power station today - just five cooling towers.
Cooling towers
These are 300ft high and have a 218ft diameter at the base (compared to 340/260 at Thorpe Marsh).
Inside
Unlike Thorpe Marsh, there are still structures inside all of the cooling towers. And they've got water in. The structures inside meant you couldn't really look up and appreciate the scale of them.
Stuff
There wasn't much laying around. Some old signs. Remnants of the railway system. Rubble.
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Posted 10 May 2007, 11:40 From Grez
I know of only 1 powerstation in the notts area and im sure that still works, which end of the county is this
Posted 28 October 2007, 06:40 From Moggy
Willington Power Station is approx. 6 miles (10 km) south of Derby. Just off the A38 / A50 (Toyota) Junction.
The place is actually in the parish of the village of Findern.
Posted 21 June 2008, 01:10 From ant
1 or 2 members of my family worked there over the years my uncle was there forever
Posted 4 October 2008, 11:10 From Sean
I noticed yesterday that some, if not all of the towers have been mothballed, so some or all may now be completely empty of their interior structures and workings
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