Porsham Substation
Porsham Substation is an electrical substation in Bickleigh, South Hams District, England. Porsham Substation is situated nearby to the forest Widewell Woods, as well as near Porsham Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Derriford Hospital and Crownhill Fort.
Derriford Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Derriford Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Plymouth, England. The hospital serves Plymouth and nearby areas of Devon and Cornwall. It also provides tertiary cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, renal transplant surgery, and immunology/allergy for the whole of the South West Peninsula. Derriford Hospital is situated 1½ miles southeast of Porsham Substation.
Crownhill Fort
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crownhill Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth. Restored by the Landmark Trust, it is now home to several small businesses, museums, exhibitions and a holiday apartment sleeping up to eight people. Crownhill Fort is situated 2 miles south of Porsham Substation.
Bere Ferrers railway station
Railway station
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Bere Ferrers station on the Tamar Valley Line is situated near the village of Bere Ferrers in Devon, England. The station is on the former Southern main line between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton. It is currently operated by Great Western Railway. Bere Ferrers railway station is situated 2½ miles west of Porsham Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southway and Roborough.
Southway
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southway is a large suburban housing estate in north-west Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The name is believed to have derived from the route into Plymouth often used by Buckland Abbey monks, which was known as the "South Way".
Roborough
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roborough is a village in the South Hams of Devon, England. Former home of Plymouth City Airport, Roborough lies just outside the northern boundary of the city of Plymouth on the main road to Tavistock, and is a popular dormitory village.
Tamerton Foliot
Suburb
Photo: Lobsterthermidor, CC0.
Tamerton Foliot is a village and former civil parish situated in the north of Plymouth, in the Plymouth district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England.
Porsham Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Bickleigh, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.43916° or 50° 26′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.13203° or 4° 7′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C2QCVQ9+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 13171238002
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Widewell Woods and Porsham Wood.
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