Drake Circus South No 1 Substation

Drake Circus South No 1 Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Drake Circus South No 1 Substation is situated nearby to the shoe store Office Shoes, as well as near the shopping center Drake Circus Shopping Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Drake Circus Shopping Centre and Arts University Plymouth.

Drake Circus Shopping Centre

Shopping center

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Drake Circus Shopping Centre is a 425,000-square-foot covered shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth, England that opened in October 2006. The building was designed by London-based architects Chapman Taylor and built by Bovis Lend Lease.

Arts University Plymouth

University

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Arts University Plymouth is a public university located in Plymouth in South West England. The former Plymouth College of Art was officially granted university status in 2022. Arts University Plymouth is situated 580 feet northeast of Drake Circus South No 1 Substation.

The Box

Museum

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The Box is a museum, gallery and archive in Plymouth, Devon, England, opened in 2020 housing a collection of about 2 million items. The core of the building was previously Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery which closed in 2016. The Box is situated 920 feet north of Drake Circus South No 1 Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth Hoe and Pennycomequick.

Plymouth Hoe

Locality

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Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as The Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth, Devon. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.

Pennycomequick

Suburb

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Pennycomequick is the site of a former Devonport prison that today forms part of the inner suburbs of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is mostly known for its eccentric name, taken, locals believe, from The Penny pub situated by the roundabout north of the railway bridge over Saltash Road.