Austin Crescent 2 Substation

Austin Crescent 2 Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Austin Crescent 2 Substation is situated nearby to St Edward’s CofE Primary School, as well as near the fort Forder Battery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forder Battery and Fort Austin.

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 870 feet northwest of Austin Crescent 2 Substation.

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 1,400 feet southeast of Austin Crescent 2 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 2,600 feet northwest of Austin Crescent 2 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.

Estover

Suburb

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Estover is a district in Devon, England, within the Plymouth boundary area. The original hamlet was extensively developed during the 1970s, into what became back then a large housing estate, consisting almost entirely of council houses, situated five miles northeast of Plymouth city centre in the English county of Devon.

Austin Crescent 2 Substation

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

50.40235° or 50° 24′ 9″ north

Longitude

-4.10771° or 4° 6′ 28″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2QCV2R+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13418331453

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Edward’s CofE Primary School and Eggbuckland Keep.

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