Downs Road Substation

Places of Interest Nearby

Looe railway station

Railway station

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Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4 miles south of Liskeard. It faces out across the estuary of the River Looe. Looe railway station is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Downs Road Substation.

St Nicholas’ Church, West Looe

Church

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St Nicholas’ Church, West Looe is a Church of England parish church in Looe, Cornwall. St Nicholas’ Church, West Looe is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Downs Road Substation.

Old Guildhall, Looe

Museum

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The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Guildhall, Looe is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Downs Road Substation.

Places in the Area

West Looe

Village

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West Looe is a village.

Plaidy

Suburb

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Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.

Millendreath

Locality

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Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.

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