Houndstone Married Quarters Substation

Houndstone Married Quarters Substation is an electrical substation in Brympton, South Somerset, England. Houndstone Married Quarters Substation is situated near the public building Somerset Primary Care Trust Headquarters, as well as near the museum South Somerset Heritage Collection.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Huish Park and Brympton d’Evercy.

Huish Park

Stadium

Photo: Ytfc23, Public domain.

Huish Park is a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The stadium has been home to Yeovil Town F.C. since its completion in 1990, following their relocation from Huish. Huish Park has a capacity of 9,565 with terraces behind each of the goals. Huish Park is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Houndstone Married Quarters Substation.

Brympton d’Evercy

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brympton d'Evercy is a Grade I listed manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. The house has been called the most beautiful of its kind in England; in 1927, Christopher Hussey, near the start of a 50-year career as an architectural… Brympton d’Evercy is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Houndstone Married Quarters Substation.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

Church

Photo: Becky Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Houndstone Married Quarters Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Preston Plucknett and Odcombe.

Preston Plucknett

Suburb

Photo: William, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Preston Plucknett is a suburb of Yeovil in Somerset, England. It was once a small village, and a separate civil parish until 31 March 1930, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring parishes of Yeovil, Brympton and West Coker.

Odcombe

Village

Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Odcombe is a village and civil parish in south Somerset, England, 3 miles west of the town of Yeovil, with a population of 759 in 2011. The upper part of the village, Higher Odcombe, sits on the crest of the hill, while the lower part, Lower Odcombe, is built on its northern slopes.

Montacute

Village

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Montacute is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831. The name Montacute is thought by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus", referring to the conically acute St Michael's Hill dominating the village to the west. Montacute is situated 1½ miles west of Houndstone Married Quarters Substation.

Houndstone Married Quarters Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Brympton, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.94525° or 50° 56′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.67847° or 2° 40′ 43″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2VW8WC+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14063636664

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Somerset Primary Care Trust Headquarters and South Somerset Heritage Collection.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Richie Road Substation and Alvington Triangle No 2 Substation.

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