Eggborough
North Yorkshire
While Eggborough is in an area surrounded by agriculture, industry has provided a changing face to the village in recent decades.
Most significantly the cooling towers which had been a landmark of the area since a large coal-fired power station was built there in the 1960s have now gone. The station was officially opened in 1970 by the then Central Electricity Generating Board at a time when the nearby Selby coalfield was about to see a major expansion in production.
Mining ended in 2004, but the power station continued to operate with coal brought by rail and road by a succession of private owners. The power station was acquired in 2015 by a Czech Republic-based company. A number of closure plans and reprieves saw it continuing to produce some power until 2018. Starting in August 2021, the eight landmark cooling towers were brought down as part of site redevelopment plans.
A flour mill has been a longer-established industry in Eggborough. The old mill which was a landmark in the centre of the village has also been demolished in recent years, although there is still a newer mill at the edge of Eggborough. There has also been an expansion of industry in Eggborough since 2000 with a large glass factory and an associated insulation board factory.
The village has a railway station at Whitley Bridge, where the Knottingley and Goole Canal is crossed towards the smaller village of Whitley, although most of Whitley lies beyond junction 34 of the M62 motorway. The railway has a very low level of passenger service.
The Knottingley and Goole Canal forms part of the Aire and Calder Navigation which in the early days of the industrial revolution provided an important link from industrial towns of the West Riding to the port of Goole.
Eggborough itself was itself in the West Riding before local government reorganisation in 1974, when it was placed in the Selby district of North Yorkshire. From 2023 the Selby district is abolished, leaving Eggborough as part of the vast North Yorkshire unitary authority.
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Travel
Whitley Bridge station (near Eggborough)
Whitley Bridge station is at the edge of the village of Eggborough.
Station managed by: NORTHERN. Operator/s: NORTHERN.

Link to Northern - external website providing information on all services at this station.
Bus travel
The village has buses to neighbouring towns and villages.
Road travel
Eggborough can be reached via the M62 A19 A645
Places to visit
Selby Abbey
The Crescent, SelbyMore information at

Skipwith Common
Situated four mile north-east of Selby, Skipwith Common is a National Nature Reserve and Special Area of Conservation as one of a few remaining areas of lowland heath in northern England. The common features a 270 hectare ancient landscape including a huge variety of plants and animals and small signs of around 4,000 years of human impact, such as bronze and iron age burial mounds. Skipwith Common is managed by the landowner, the Escrick Park Estate, in partnership with Natural England and is supported by a Friends group.Information at


Yorkshire Air Museum
The Yorkshire Air Museum is at the former RAF Elvington, about 3 miles south-west of York. During World War II it was an RAF Bomber Command Station used by Allied bomber crews, including French Air Force squadrons. The museum now situated there has a huge range of exhibits taking visitors from the earliest pioneers of aviation, including Yorkshireman George Cayley, through both World Wars and the Cold War era. More than 60 aircraft and flight-related vehicles are on show at the airfield. The museum is also the location of the Allied Air Forces Memorial, commemorating all allied airmen and women.
More details at the

Find

York
The Selby district is not far from Yorkshire's principal city by road with bus and in some places train connections. Find out more about the historic city on our
Emergency services
North Yorkshire Police 
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Local government
Civil parish council
Eggborough Parish CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
Link to council website:

District authority Abolished
Selby District Council ceased from April 1, 2023. From 1974 it was the southernmost shire district of North Yorkshiire, centred on
The North Yorkshire Council unitary authority takes over services previously operated by Selby District Council. These included local planning, waste collection, street cleaning, parks and car parks, housing and markets.
Places in the former

Unitary authority New
The North Yorkshire Council is a new unitary authority formed from the previous County Council from April 1, 2023. It covers the existing county duties including highways, schools, libraries and transport planning over an area of around 3,085 square miles while also taking over the responsibilities of the seven huge district authorities also created in 1974 — Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby — these including local planning, waste collection, street cleaning, parks and car parks, housing and markets.
Councillors were elected to the County Council in 2022 and continue as councillors of the new North Yorkshire Council unitary authority. In that election, the Conservatives gained a slim majority gaining 47 of the 90 seats.
Places in
North Yorkshire

Link to council website:
North Yorkshire Council

Political composition:
NY Ind = North Yorkshire Independents group E = By-election in Eastfield division pending on May 25, 2023.
Composition and groupings as at May 4, 2023
County authority Abolished
North Yorkshire County CouncilNorth Yorkshire County Council was a shire county authority which existed between 1974 and April 1, 2023, covering duties including highways, schools, libraries and transport planning. It was transformed into the North Yorkshire Council unitary authority on April 1, 2023, while the seven huge district authorities within — Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby — were also abolished.
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North YorkshireCovers the county of

