Drax is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Selby, best known today as the site of Drax power station. The village has a Community Primary School 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 post-office and village shop was opposite the parish church and closed in 1998. The Star closed in 1986 when the licensee took the licence of the newly built Sports and Social Club of the Power Station.