Drax power station Selby Coalfield discovery in 1967 the Board would build three large power stations to use its coal. These were; an expansion of the station at Ferrybridge, a new station at Eggborough, and the biggest being Drax. In 1983/84 Drax was presented with the Hinton Cup, the CEGB's ""good house keeping trophy"". The award was commissioned by Sir Christopher Hinton, the first chairman of the CEGB. Authority to carry out preparatory works was granted in December 1964, leading to full permission in March 1966, on the basis that the station would be designed to accommodate six 660 MW units, but that
Beal, North Yorkshire was recorded as "Begale" in the Domesday Book of 1086. Kellingley Colliery, the last operating deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, was located in the parish until its closure in December 2015. Fishing on the River Aire is controlled by Leeds and District Amalgamated Society of Anglers. The main catches are roach and bream. Bus service 476 operated by Arriva Yorkshire, connects the village with Pontefract, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, Kellingley, Beal, Kellington, Eggborough, Burn, Brayton and Selby The village of Beal was a township in the ancient parish of Kellington in the wapentake of Osgoldcross and liberty of Pontefract in