Kenn Close Substation
Kenn Close Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Kenn Close Substation is situated nearby to the forest Woodland Wood, as well as near the historic site Woodland Fort.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Woodland Fort and St Francis.
Woodland Fort
Fort
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodland Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth, England. Currently owned by Plymouth City Council, the site is in use but largely derelict. Woodland Fort is situated 1,000 feet east of Kenn Close Substation.
St Francis
Church
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Francis is a church, which is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Kenn Close Substation.
Knowles Battery
Fort
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knowles Battery 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 Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Knowles Battery is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Kenn Close Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Honicknowle and Whitleigh.
Honicknowle
Suburb
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle.
Whitleigh
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitleigh is a district area and is in the electoral ward of Budshead in the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon. it had district borders with Southway, Honicknowle, West park, Crownhill and St Budeaux. Whitleigh has a population of 7870…
King’s Tamerton
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King's Tamerton is a suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was largely built post-war adjacent to St Budeaux and overlooking the Naval base and the Hamoaze which is the wide estuary of the River Tamar.
Kenn Close Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.41384° or 50° 24′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.15854° or 4° 9′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C2QCR7R+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 13188418973
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