Drax, North Yorkshire

Drax
Drax
	The Church of St Peter and St Paul
	Drax Location within North Yorkshire
Population	488 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SE667284
Civil parish	Drax;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SELBY
Postcode district	YO8
Dialling code	01757
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Selby and Ainsty;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′55″N 0°58′48″W / 53.732°N 0.980°W

Drax is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Selby, which is best known today as the site of Drax power station. It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire^[2] until 1 April 1974, then part of the Selby District of North Yorkshire until 1 April 2023. The village primary school closed in 2017,^[3] though The Read School, an independent boarding school in the village, has existed since 1667.

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Drax Parish (E04007735)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "Drax, West Riding". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ "Primary school with 10 pupils to close". BBC News. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

Drax
The Church of St Peter and St Paul
Drax Location within North Yorkshire
Population	488 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SE667284
Civil parish	Drax
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SELBY
Postcode district	YO8
Dialling code	01757

Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

UK Parliament	Selby and Ainsty
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′55″N 0°58′48″W / 53.732°N 0.980°W / 53.732; -0.980