Shepperdine
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Shepperdine is a hamlet on the northern edge of South Gloucestershire
, England
. It was formerly a popular place due to being located near the River Severn
which at this point offers a walk with scenic views of the Severn Bridge
a few miles away and the Oldbury power station. However, the new owners of the former pub ('The Windbound') no longer encourage parking there, and other parking provision in the narrow lanes around is very limited.
The church of St Mary at Sheppardine is a tin structure in the middle of a field. It is tiny with a board interior.
started to acquire land from local farmers with the intention of constructing of a 3,300 megawatt nuclear power station on the banks of the River Severn. They formed a joint venture with German power company RWE
. The two companies bought the existing Oldbury
and Wylfa Magnox Nuclear Power Stations from the NDA for the sum of £500 million. RWE and Eon have now formed a company called Horizon to proceed with the development.
There is great concern in Shepperdine and its environs that the community will be destroyed—a group called Shepperdine Against Nuclear Energy has been formed to question both The Government and Horizons motives in this matter. However, local residents recognise the need for continuity of supply and the need for alternatives to wasteful use of coal and gas, as well as over-reliance on schemes involving wind and wave power.
In early 2010 e-on and RWE, the German global energy companies, decided to focus their efforts on the Wylfa site in North Wales by delaying planning for the Shepperdine site until 2014.
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, 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...
. It was formerly a popular place due to being located near the River Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...
which at this point offers a walk with scenic views of the Severn Bridge
Severn Bridge
The Severn Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the River Severn between South Gloucestershire, just north of Bristol, England, and Monmouthshire in South Wales, via Beachley, a peninsula between the River Severn and River Wye estuary. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and...
a few miles away and the Oldbury power station. However, the new owners of the former pub ('The Windbound') no longer encourage parking there, and other parking provision in the narrow lanes around is very limited.
The church of St Mary at Sheppardine is a tin structure in the middle of a field. It is tiny with a board interior.
Nuclear power plant project
As of summer 2009 the German power company E.ONE.ON
E.ON AG, marketed with an interpunct as E•ON, is the holding company of the world's largest investor-owned energy service provider based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name comes from the Greek word aeon which means eternity....
started to acquire land from local farmers with the intention of constructing of a 3,300 megawatt nuclear power station on the banks of the River Severn. They formed a joint venture with German power company RWE
RWE
RWE AG , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe...
. The two companies bought the existing Oldbury
Oldbury nuclear power station
Oldbury nuclear power station is a nuclear power station located on the south bank of the River Severn close to the village of Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire, England. It is operated by Magnox North Limited, on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...
and Wylfa Magnox Nuclear Power Stations from the NDA for the sum of £500 million. RWE and Eon have now formed a company called Horizon to proceed with the development.
There is great concern in Shepperdine and its environs that the community will be destroyed—a group called Shepperdine Against Nuclear Energy has been formed to question both The Government and Horizons motives in this matter. However, local residents recognise the need for continuity of supply and the need for alternatives to wasteful use of coal and gas, as well as over-reliance on schemes involving wind and wave power.
In early 2010 e-on and RWE, the German global energy companies, decided to focus their efforts on the Wylfa site in North Wales by delaying planning for the Shepperdine site until 2014.