Welsford Ave West Substation

Welsford Ave West Substation is an electrical substation in St Cuthbert Out, Mendip District, England. Welsford Ave West Substation is situated nearby to the stadium Wells Rugby Club, as well as near the sports venue Wells Leisure Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wells Cathedral and St Cuthbert’s Church.

Wells Cathedral

Church

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Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. Wells Cathedral is situated 1 mile east of Welsford Ave West Substation.

St Cuthbert’s Church

Church

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The Church of St Cuthbert is an Anglican parish church in Wells, Somerset, England, dating from the 13th century. It is often mistaken for the cathedral. It has a fine Somerset stone tower and a superb carved roof. It is a Grade I listed building. St Cuthbert’s Church is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Welsford Ave West Substation.

The Blue School

School

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The Blue School is a coeducational, secondary school located in Wells, Somerset, England. It had 1,357 students aged 11 to 18 of all ability levels of which 284 were in the sixth form in 2025. The Blue School is situated 2,300 feet east of Welsford Ave West Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wells and Wookey Hole.

Wells

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Wells is the smallest city in England, with a population of around 10,000. It is in Somerset in the south-west of the country.

Wookey Hole

Village

Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wookey Hole is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the Wookey Hole show caves.

Horrington

Village

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Horrington is a collection of three small villages in the parish of St Cuthbert Out 1 mile or 2 miles east of Wells, Somerset, England. South Horrington is a relatively new village created in the late 1990s from the defunct Mendip Hospital that was closed in 1991. Horrington is situated 2 miles east of Welsford Ave West Substation.

Welsford Ave West Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: St Cuthbert Out, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.21325° or 51° 12′ 48″ north

Longitude

-2.66201° or 2° 39′ 43″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3V687Q+85

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14268252127

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