Embankment Road Substation
Embankment Road Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Embankment Road Substation is situated nearby to Prince Rock Primary School, as well as near the community center Friary Vaults Social Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Simon and National Marine Aquarium.
Church of St Simon
Church
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Simon is situated 2,200 feet north of Embankment Road Substation.
National Marine Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Markles55, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Marine Aquarium, which opened in May 1998, is situated in Plymouth in south-west England. It is the largest aquarium in the UK and houses over 5,000 animals. National Marine Aquarium is situated 1 mile southwest of Embankment Road Substation.
Sutton Harbour
Marina
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sutton Harbour, formerly known as Sutton Pool, is the original port of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is still a busy fishing port and marina and is bounded on one side by the historic Barbican district. Sutton Harbour is situated 1 mile west of Embankment Road Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cattedown and Lipson.
Cattedown
Suburb
Photo: Adrian Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Oreston
Suburb
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oreston, formerly a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater, is now a suburb of Plymouth. It is recorded as Horestone on the 1591 Spry Map of Plimmouth.
Embankment Road Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.37197° or 50° 22′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.11407° or 4° 6′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9VCP+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13200751785
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