Plym Valley Railway Substation

Plym Valley Railway Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Plym Valley Railway Substation is situated nearby to Marsh Mills railway station, as well as near the health club PureGym.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plym Valley Railway and Plymouth Coliseum.

Plym Valley Railway

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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 1,600 feet south of Plym Valley Railway Substation.

Fort Efford

Fort

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fort Efford 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 Efford is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Plym Valley Railway Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigham and Efford.

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.

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.

Plym Valley Railway Substation

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

50.39514° or 50° 23′ 43″ north

Longitude

-4.08257° or 4° 4′ 57″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2Q9WW8+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13418331496

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