Rawlin Close Substation

Rawlin Close Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Rawlin Close Substation is situated nearby to Fort Austin, as well as near the historic site Eggbuckland Keep.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Austin and Forder Battery.

Fort Austin

Fort

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fort Austin 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 Austin is situated 600 feet east of Rawlin Close Substation.

Forder Battery

Fort

Forder Battery is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Forder Battery is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Rawlin Close Substation.

Bowden Fort

Fort

Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowden Fort is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Bowden Fort is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Rawlin Close Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eggbuckland and Leigham.

Eggbuckland

Suburb

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eggbuckland is a suburb of the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Before the Second World War Eggbuckland was a small village a few miles north of Plymouth.

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.

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.

Rawlin Close Substation

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

50.3993° or 50° 23′ 58″ north

Longitude

-4.10583° or 4° 6′ 21″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2Q9VXV+PM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13418331448

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eggbuckland Keep and Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve.

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