Bearsdown Road Substation

Bearsdown Road Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Bearsdown Road Substation is situated nearby to the historic site Eggbuckland Keep, as well as near the playground Frogmore Green.

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 1,500 feet east of Bearsdown Road 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 2,100 feet north of Bearsdown Road 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 3,200 feet northwest of Bearsdown Road Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eggbuckland and Efford.

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.

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.

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.

Bearsdown Road Substation

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

50.39847° or 50° 23′ 55″ north

Longitude

-4.10962° or 4° 6′ 35″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2Q9VXR+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13418331449

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eggbuckland Keep and Frogmore Green.

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