richborough

Richborough Power Station was built in the late 50's and from 1962 - 1971 Richborough burned over 3 million tonnes of coal, most of which came from the nearby kent coalfields. Then in 1971 the station was converted to run on oil, but usage of the site became costly as the price of oil prices...

visited with wevsky ,obscurity and teebs :) a little history... Richborough Power Station is a former power station close to the mouth of the River Stour near Sandwich, on the east coast of Kent. The power station can be seen in several scenes of the 2008 film Son of Rambow, and was the...

I finally decided to have a solo visit to Richborough Power Station, after years of passing it in the car! This really is a nice relaxed explore, I had no problem with security. Part of this site is in use - it receives the power from the Thanet offshore wind farm. Below is the history quoted...

This was on the way back from the garden centre, I persuaded my mate to stop by and after climbing through brambles, mud etc we were in, these are fantastic up close, enjoy the pics. This was taken from the car on the way there. Finally they came into view after a muddy and long walk. Up...