Willow Close Substation
Willow Close Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Willow Close Substation is situated nearby to the historic site Laira Battery, as well as near Efford Marsh Nature Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Laira Battery and Fort Efford.
Laira Battery
Historic site
Laira Battery is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. Laira Battery is situated 390 feet south of Willow Close Substation.
Fort Efford
Fort
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Efford is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. Fort Efford is situated 800 feet northwest of Willow Close Substation.
Saltram House
Historic building
Photo: Chilli Head, CC BY 2.0.
Saltram House is a grade I listed George II era house in Plympton, Devon, England. It was deemed by the architectural critic Nikolaus Pevsner to be "the most impressive country house in Devon". Saltram House is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Willow Close Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Efford and Laira.
Efford
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Efford is an historic manor formerly in the parish of Eggbuckland, Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by the city of Plymouth to become a large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city.
Laira
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laira – previously recorded as Lare, Lary poynte, the Leerie, and the Lairy – was originally the name given to that part of the estuary of the River Plym from the Cattewater up to Marsh Mills in Plymouth, Devon, England.
Leigham
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.
Willow Close Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.38869° or 50° 23′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.09044° or 4° 5′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9WQ5+FROpenStreetMap ID
node 13200957458
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