Higher Tors Substation

Higher Tors Substation is an electrical substation in Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon, England. Higher Tors Substation is situated nearby to Church of St John the Baptist, as well as near Lyn Model Railway.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Lynmouth Lifeboat Station.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 450 feet southwest of Higher Tors Substation.

Lynmouth Lifeboat Station

Museum

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lynmouth Lifeboat Station was the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Lynmouth, Devon in England from 1869 until 1944. Lynmouth Lifeboat Station is situated 1,100 feet west of Higher Tors Substation.

Lynmouth Bay railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Lynmouth Bay railway station is a station in Lynmouth, Devon, England, served by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, a water-powered funicular railway. The station has two platforms, a ticket booth, and a bench, but no office. It opened in 1890. Lynmouth Bay railway station is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Higher Tors Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lynmouth and Lynton.

Lynmouth

Village

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet directly below the neighbouring town of Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible.

Lynton

Town

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Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately 17 miles north-east of Barnstaple and 18 miles west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers.

West Lyn

Hamlet

West Lyn is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lynton and Lynmouth in the North Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Lynton, which lies approximately 1 mile north from the hamlet. The hamlet is within the Exmoor National Park.

Higher Tors Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.23001° or 51° 13′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.8266° or 3° 49′ 36″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3R65JF+29

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13301819014

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