Greenbank Avenue Substation

Greenbank Avenue Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Greenbank Avenue Substation is situated nearby to St Jude’s Church, as well as near Salisbury Road Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Jude’s Church and Salisbury Road Primary School.

St Jude’s Church

Church

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St Jude's Church is a Church of England church in Plymouth, Devon, England. It was designed by the Plymouth architect James Hine and constructed in 1875–76, with the work being carried out by Messrs Blatchford and Son of Tavistock for £3,600. St Jude’s Church is situated 410 feet southwest of Greenbank Avenue Substation.

Salisbury Road Primary School

School

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Salisbury Road Primary School is a coeducational primary school located on Salisbury Road in Plymouth, Devon, England. The school served as a major military hospital during the First World War. Salisbury Road Primary School is situated 810 feet northeast of Greenbank Avenue Substation.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

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The Church of St John the Evangelist in Plymouth, Devon, England is a grade II listed Anglican parish church. It was built 1851-1855 by Benjamin Ferrey, who had been a pupil of Pugin. Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1,400 feet south of Greenbank Avenue Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lipson and Cattedown.

Lipson

Suburb

Lipson is a ward in the city of Plymouth, England. It is an area with mixed terraced housing, some subdivided into bedsits and flats and a public open-space called 'Freedom Fields', a Civil War battle site where the townsfolk of nearby Plymouth resisted substantial Cavalier raiding parties and enabled the town to sustain the royalist siege.

Cattedown

Suburb

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Cattedown is an inner city suburb of Plymouth, Devon. Its position beside the River Plym estuary just short of the mouth led to its early settlement. It is believed that the name Cattedown originated from a rocky outcrop nearby on the River Plym that looked like a cat.