Mainstone Wood Substation

Mainstone Wood Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Mainstone Wood Substation is situated nearby to River Plym, as well as near the railway station Plym Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plymbridge Woods and Estover Library.

Plymbridge Woods

Forest

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plymbridge Woods is a woodland in Plympton, Devon, England managed by The National Trust. The woods are named after the historic Plymbridge, a Grade II listed bridge over the River Plym.

Estover Library

Library

Photo: Clib31, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Estover Library is situated 4,200 feet west of Mainstone Wood Substation.

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 1¼ miles south of Mainstone Wood Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigham and Estover.

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.

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. Eggbuckland is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mainstone Wood Substation.

Mainstone Wood Substation

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

50.41163° or 50° 24′ 42″ north

Longitude

-4.08277° or 4° 4′ 58″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2QCW68+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13418331484

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Highlights include River Plym and Plym Bridge.

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