Drax, North Yorkshire Drax, North Yorkshire Drax is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, about south-east of Selby, best known today as the site of Drax power station. The village had a Community Primary School until its closure in July 2017 and a public house, the Huntsmans Arms. It formerly had another pub, The Star, two village shops, a butchers, petrol station and sub-post office. The butchers shop run by Howard Thomas was closed and converted into a private home, then converted back into a village shop, and closed down again in January 2007. The original
Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station is owned by Salten Kraftsamband and it came into operation in 1979. The plant is built into the mountainside at the end of a drain tunnel and the water it discharges is later used by the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station. Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station The Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station ( or "Langvann kraftstasjon") is a hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. It is sometimes referred to as the "Langvatn kraftverk", which should not be confused with the Langvatn Hydroelectric Power Station in Rana. The plant utilizes a drop of between two lakes: "Fellvatnet" (),