Alexander Chattock (1865–1936), Birmingham City Electrical Engineer. Two more stations (Hams Hall B and C) were later built on the site, reputedly the largest in Europe at the time of their construction. The city's electricity generating and supply functions were nationalised in the late 1940s. The Central Electricity Generating Board took over responsibility for the site from Birmingham and founded an environmental studies centre, re-erecting Lea Ford Cottage (a local medieval timber-framed building) there to preserve it. Still owned by site owner E.ON, it is now known as Hams Hall Environmental Studies Centre. The area alongside the confluence of the River Blythe and River Tame became the West Midland Bird Club's Ladywalk Reserve. All three stations were closed and demolished in the 1990s. The land was cleared, on which was built Hams Hall Distribution Park, with only electrical sub-stations remaining. Hams Hall Distribution Park After the Hams Hall Power station site was cleared, Powergen accepted various European and Central Government grants to allow a consortium of construction companies including Alfred McAlpine to construct a new industrial estate called Hams Hall Distribution Park, The site includes road (M42) and rail access (through the Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal). In 2011 the site housed clients including E.ON, Sainsbury's, BMW (engine manufacturing plant), DHL, ABB Group, Chubb, BEKO, EXEL and Wincanton. Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal The Hams Hall Channel Tunnel Freight Terminal was opened 11 July 1997 by the then deputy prime minister John Prescott. As of 2010 the site was one of the main international intermodal terminals in the UK. The site was originally operated by Parsec Europe Ltd.; in 2002 Associated British Ports acquired the site lease. The terminal is sited on the southern edge of Hams Hall business park; since 2004 it has had customs clearance to handle international traffic via the Channel Tunnel; the site has storage for 6,000 TEU, and rail access is cleared to W10 vehicle gauge. There are also regular daily flows from Felixstowe. The area around Nuneaton and the Midlands has been referred to as the "Golden Triangle of Logistics". Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal is in this Golden Triangle and one of the busiest intermodal terminals. See also Coleshill Parkway railway station opened 2007 close to the rail freight terminal, south of the main distribution park References Further reading External links Geography of Warwickshire Transport in Warwickshire