FRIARY ROAD

FRIARY ROAD is an electrical substation in Portishead, North Somerset, England. FRIARY ROAD is situated nearby to St Joseph’s Church, as well as near the community center St Barnabas Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portishead Point Lighthouse and Black Nore Lighthouse.

Portishead Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.

Portishead Point Lighthouse, more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, was built in Portishead, Somerset, England, in 1931. Portishead Point Lighthouse is situated 4,100 feet north of FRIARY ROAD.

Black Nore Lighthouse is a grade II listed building in Portishead, Somerset, England. The cast iron white-painted lighthouse was built in 1894 by Trinity House to guide shipping in the Severn Estuary as it made its way in and out of Bristol Harbour. Black Nore Lighthouse is situated 1 mile west of FRIARY ROAD.

Portishead Lifeboat Station

Public building

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Portishead Lifeboat Station is located at Pier Road, in the town of Portishead, located on the Severn Estuary in North Somerset. A lifeboat was stationed at Portishead in 1996 by the Portishead Lifeboat Trust, an independent lifeboat, operating from Sugar Loaf Beach. Portishead Lifeboat Station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of FRIARY ROAD.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Weston and Port Marine.

North Weston

Village

North Weston is a village in the civil parish of Portishead, in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies between Portishead and Weston-in-Gordano, within the parish of Portishead.

Port Marine

Suburb

Port Marine is a mixed-use, waterfront neighbourhood in the town of Portishead in North Somerset and an exurb of Bristol. Masterplanned during the late 1990s on the docklands and power station brownfield beside the Severn Estuary, the area now contains 3420 dwellings, a 133-berth marina, commercial and retail space, a nature reserve, and a sculpture trail.

Redcliffe Bay

Suburb

Redcliffe Bay is a large area of Portishead — a town in North Somerset, England — with most houses having views of the Bristol Channel. Despite its size, it is always considered part of Portishead.

FRIARY ROAD

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Portishead, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48407° or 51° 29′ 3″ north

Longitude

-2.78032° or 2° 46′ 49″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3VF6M9+JV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12875559443

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