Winchester Gardens Substation
Winchester Gardens Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Winchester Gardens Substation is situated nearby to the forest Budshead Wood, as well as near Woodland Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knowles Battery and Agaton Fort.
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 2,000 feet south of Winchester Gardens Substation.
Agaton Fort
Fort
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Agaton Fort is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Winchester Gardens Substation.
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 3,600 feet southeast of Winchester Gardens Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitleigh and Tamerton Foliot.
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…
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.
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.
Winchester Gardens Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.42149° or 50° 25′ 17″ northLongitude
-4.16404° or 4° 9′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C2QCRCP+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13188419823
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Budshead Wood and Woodland Wood.
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