Glanbran Substation

Glanbran Substation is an electrical substation in Birchgrove, Swansea, Wales. Glanbran Substation is situated nearby to Birchgrove Comprehensive School, as well as near the school Birchgrove Primary.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scott’s Pit Engine House and Llansamlet railway station.

Scott’s Pit Engine House

Historic building

Photo: Ismenethea, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scott’s Pit Engine House is a historic building, which is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Glanbran Substation.

Llansamlet railway station

Railway station

Photo: Kevin Flynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llansamlet railway station is a minor station in Llansamlet, Swansea, south Wales. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green, 212 miles 8 chains from London Paddington. Llansamlet railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Glanbran Substation.

Swansea Vale

Nature reserve

Swansea Vale is a 160-acre mixed used recent suburb development site in Swansea, Wales. The area is bounded east by Birchgrove; south by Swansea Enterprise Park, west by the River Tawe and north by the M4 motorway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glais and Ynystawe.

Glais

Village

Photo: Feathersk, CC0.

Glais is a semi-rural village in Swansea, South Wales. Nant-y-Pal is a stream running through the middle of Glais. It divides the village into two electoral wards: to the north of the stream, Glais is under the Clydach Electoral Ward; to the south, Glais is under the Llansamlet Electoral Ward.

Ynystawe

Village

Ynystawe is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and in the electoral ward of Morriston. It is 0.5 miles north of the M4 motorway junction 45 between Ynysforgan and Clydach in the Swansea Valley. Ynystawe is situated 1½ miles northwest of Glanbran Substation.

Clydach

Town

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clydach is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the Clydach ward and the Llangyfelach parish. It is located 6 miles northeast of Swansea city centre. Clydach is situated 1½ miles northwest of Glanbran Substation.

Glanbran Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Birchgrove, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6745° or 51° 40′ 28″ north

Longitude

-3.87533° or 3° 52′ 31″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3RM4FF+QV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13298121622

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Highlights include Birchgrove Comprehensive School and Birchgrove Primary.

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