Eggborough
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Eggborough is a village and civil parish of 750 homes, in the Selby
district of North Yorkshire
, England
, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding. The village is situated at the intersection of the A19
and the A645, approximately seven miles east of Pontefract
and seven miles south-west of Selby
. It is also located close to the M62
. Primary age children attend Whitley and Eggborough Primary School which lies in Learning Lane on the other side of the M62.
There are two pubs in the village; The Jolly Miller and the Horse and Jockey. The Post Office and Village Store is run by Ian and Jean Kinnear and the Spar Shop which is located next to the Horse and Jockey is run by Ann and Paul Langley.
The village is the site of a coal
-fired Eggborough Power Station
, built in the 1960s and now owned by British Energy
. Its 4 turbines can produce a total combined output of 1960 MWe. There is also an ill-fated small woodburning power station, Arbre Power Station, built by Yorkshire Water, but funded by the taxpayer, in the late 1990s, which has never worked and now stands idle and rusting. In the centre of the village sits Bowmans Flour Mill.
Close to Eggborough is the site of French-owned Saint Gobain Glass, Europe's leading producer of Float (Flat) Glass.
The large village hall on Selby Road is well used by residents, Play and Stay Group, Bingo, Line Dancing, Junior Discos, elderly person's Luncheon Club and other activities take place at the Methodist Hall and the Westfield Centre.
Although the village is situated within the boundaries of North Yorkshire, the postal address for Eggborough is "Eggborough, Near Goole, East Yorkshire". It has a DN (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) postcode and the STD telephone code is 01977 (Pontefract, West Yorkshire).
It has a Parish Council consisting of seven members. Eggborough is represented on Selby District Council by husband and wife couple John and Mary McCartney who are Independents. John is also the North Yorkshire County Councillor for the ward which includes Eggborough.
Selby
Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...
district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding. The village is situated at the intersection of the A19
A19 road
The A19 is a major road in England running approximately parallel to and east of the A1 road, although the two roads meet at the northern end of the A19, the two roads originally met at the southern end of the A19 in Doncaster but the old route of the A1 was changed to the A638. From Sunderland...
and the A645, approximately seven miles east of Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
and seven miles south-west of Selby
Selby
Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...
. It is also located close to the M62
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
. Primary age children attend Whitley and Eggborough Primary School which lies in Learning Lane on the other side of the M62.
There are two pubs in the village; The Jolly Miller and the Horse and Jockey. The Post Office and Village Store is run by Ian and Jean Kinnear and the Spar Shop which is located next to the Horse and Jockey is run by Ann and Paul Langley.
The village is the site of a coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
-fired Eggborough Power Station
Eggborough Power Station
Eggborough Power Station is a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, capable of co-firing biomass. It is siuated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough...
, built in the 1960s and now owned by British Energy
British Energy
British Energy was the UK's largest electricity generation company by volume, before being taken over by Électricité de France in 2009. British Energy operated eight former UK state-owned nuclear power stations and one coal fired power station....
. Its 4 turbines can produce a total combined output of 1960 MWe. There is also an ill-fated small woodburning power station, Arbre Power Station, built by Yorkshire Water, but funded by the taxpayer, in the late 1990s, which has never worked and now stands idle and rusting. In the centre of the village sits Bowmans Flour Mill.
Close to Eggborough is the site of French-owned Saint Gobain Glass, Europe's leading producer of Float (Flat) Glass.
The large village hall on Selby Road is well used by residents, Play and Stay Group, Bingo, Line Dancing, Junior Discos, elderly person's Luncheon Club and other activities take place at the Methodist Hall and the Westfield Centre.
Although the village is situated within the boundaries of North Yorkshire, the postal address for Eggborough is "Eggborough, Near Goole, East Yorkshire". It has a DN (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) postcode and the STD telephone code is 01977 (Pontefract, West Yorkshire).
It has a Parish Council consisting of seven members. Eggborough is represented on Selby District Council by husband and wife couple John and Mary McCartney who are Independents. John is also the North Yorkshire County Councillor for the ward which includes Eggborough.