Plympton STW Substation

Plympton STW Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Plympton STW Substation is situated nearby to Plymouth Speedway, as well as near Plymouth Gladiators Speedway Track.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plymouth Coliseum and Plym Valley Railway.

Plymouth Coliseum

Sports venue

Plymouth Coliseum, formerly known as St Boniface Arena, is a rugby field and speedway venue in Plymouth, Devon. It is situated adjacent to the River Plym near Marsh Mills. Plymouth Coliseum is situated 840 feet northwest of Plympton STW Substation.

Plym Valley Railway

Museum

Photo: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0.

The Plym Valley Railway is a 1-mile-14-chain heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line of the Great Western Railway in Devon, England. Plym Valley Railway is situated 2,000 feet north of Plympton STW 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 2,900 feet south of Plympton STW Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plympton and Efford.

Plympton

Town

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.

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.

Plympton STW Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.38958° or 50° 23′ 23″ north

Longitude

-4.08029° or 4° 4′ 49″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2Q9WQ9+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13418331440

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