Roborough Down Substation
Roborough Down Substation is an electrical substation in Buckland Monachorum, West Devon District, England. Roborough Down Substation is situated nearby to the golf course Yelverton Golf Club, as well as near the locality Roborough Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buckland Abbey and Church of the Holy Spirit.
Buckland Abbey
Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the National Trust. Buckland Abbey is situated 1½ miles northwest of Roborough Down Substation.Church of the Holy Spirit
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Spirit is situated 1¼ miles west of Roborough Down Substation.
Church of St Paul
Church
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Paul is situated 1½ miles northeast of Roborough Down Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roborough Rock and Crapstone.
Roborough Rock
Locality
Photo: Mark Land, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yelverton Rock is a tor-like igneous rock outcrop immediately south-west of Yelverton, Devon. It is located at the southern end of the former RAF Harrowbeer airfield on Roborough Down, next to the border with the A386.
Crapstone
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crapstone is a village in the county of Devon. The village is located on the edge of Dartmoor, in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and is approximately 1 mile from the village of Yelverton, 9 miles from the city of Plymouth and 5 miles from Tavistock.
Yelverton
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. It is in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,858, which was slightly more than the 1,810 recorded at the 2011 census. Yelverton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Roborough Down Substation.
Roborough Down Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Buckland Monachorum, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.47045° or 50° 28′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.102° or 4° 6′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C2QFVCX+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 13232950471
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