Buttercup Road Substation

Buttercup Road Substation is an electrical substation in , . Buttercup Road Substation is situated nearby to the school , as well as near the health club .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bowden Fort and Derriford Hospital.

Fort
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of , as an element of the plan for the defence of the at Devonport. is situated 1,700 feet south of Buttercup Road Substation.

Hospital
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large teaching hospital in , . The hospital serves Plymouth and nearby areas of and . It also provides tertiary cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, renal transplant surgery, and immunology/allergy for the whole of the South West Peninsula. is situated 2,600 feet north of Buttercup Road Substation.

Fort
is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of , as an element of the plan for the defence of the at Devonport. is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Buttercup Road Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eggbuckland and Estover.

Suburb
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the city of , in the ceremonial county of , England. Before the Second World War was a small a few miles north of Plymouth.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district in , England, within the boundary area. The original hamlet was extensively developed during the 1970s, into what became back then a large housing estate, consisting almost entirely of council houses, situated five miles northeast of Plymouth city centre in the county of .

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name of an area of the city of in the county of . Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.

Buttercup Road Substation

Latitude
50.41003° or 50° 24′ 36″ north
Longitude
-4.11466° or 4° 6′ 53″ west
Operator
National Grid Electricity Distribution
Open location code
9C2QCV6P+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12786857443
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