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Thorpe in Balne
Thorpe in Balne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 176 at the 2001 census, increasing to 203 at the 2011 Census. A moated site with a chapel and a fishpond near the manor house is a Grade II* listed monument. The chapel once served as the village church. Another moated site in the civil parish is located at Tilts. Residents of Thorpe in Balne were asked to evacuate their homes during the 2019 United Kingdom floods.
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Thorpe-in-Balne railway station
Thorpe-in-Balne railway station was an unopened railway station on the Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway. It was situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Thorpe in Balne, South Yorkshire, England adjacent to the road and some 6 miles (10 km) north of Doncaster.
Like the other stations on the line it was built ready to accept passenger trains with flanking platforms and facilities, however the passengers never came. Although it was built ready for the opening on 1 May 1916 the line only opened for goods traffic, particularly coal, and stayed that way all its working life.
The structures remained in position until the early 1960s when they were demolished.
The line saw very few passenger workings, all of them enthusiasts specials, the final one being the "Doncaster Decoy" on 5 October 1968.
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Ea Beck
The Ea Beck, also spelled Eaubeck or Eau Beck, is a small river in South Yorkshire, England, that flows eastwards into the River Don at Thorpe-in-Balne. The Environment Agency lists the beck as starting at South Elmsall, but mapping lists the beck with several names along its course. The beck has twice flooded areas and villages that it passes through in the 21st century.
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Thorpe Marsh Green Energy Hub
Thorpe Marsh Green Energy Hub is a battery energy storage system currently under construction around 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Doncaster, near the villages of Thorpe in Balne and Barnby Dun, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated on a brownfield site between the remnants of Thorpe Marsh Power Station to the east, and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve to the west.
When completed, the energy hub will be the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest in Europe and the world, being capable of storing up to 3.1 GWh (11 TJ) of energy at a power of 1.4 GW. This, however, does not make it the UK's largest energy storage site, which, as of September 2025, is Dinorwig Power Station in north Wales, with a capacity of 9.1 GWh (33 TJ). Thorpe Marsh is expected to be capable of exporting 2,000 GWh (7,200 TJ) to the grid per annum.
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Thorpe Marsh Power Station
Thorpe Marsh Power Station was a 1 GW coal-fired power station near Barnby Dun in South Yorkshire, England. The station was commissioned in 1963 and closed in 1994. In 2011, permission was given for the construction of a gas-fired power station on the site.