Highfield Road

Highfield Road is an electrical substation in Derby, England. Highfield Road is situated near the archaeological site Strutt’s Park Roman fort, as well as near St Alkmund’s Church, Derby.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Pickford’s House Museum.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Museum

Photo: Janet Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. Derby Museum and Art Gallery is situated 4,100 feet south of Highfield Road.

Pickford’s House Museum

Museum

Photo: sps1955, CC BY 2.0.

Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in Derby, England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1763–65. It was opened as a museum in 1988. The building is Grade I listed. Pickford’s House Museum is situated 3,300 feet south of Highfield Road.

Derby Silk Mill

Museum

Photo: Chris Harris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Derby Silk Mill is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Highfield Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Chester and Cathedral Quarter.

Little Chester

Suburb

Little Chester, also known as Chester Green after the area of open parkland at its centre, is a suburb of the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is located approximately 0.6 miles north of the city centre, on the east bank of the River Derwent.

Cathedral Quarter

Neighborhood

Photo: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cathedral Quarter is one of five areas within Derby city centre, based around the name of the Cathedral. It is bound by St Alkmund's Way and Ford Street to the north and west, the River Derwent to the east, and Albert Street, Victoria Street, Wardwick and Friargate to the south.

Darley Abbey

Suburb

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Darley Abbey is a former historic mill village, now a suburb of the city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. It is located approximately 1.4 miles north of the city centre, on the west bank of the River Derwent, and forms part of the Darley ward along with Little Chester and the West End.

Highfield Road

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

52.93345° or 52° 56′ 0″ north

Longitude

-1.48557° or 1° 29′ 8″ west

Brand

National Grid plc

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C4WWGM7+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 415083996

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Strutt’s Park Roman fort and St Alkmund’s Church, Derby.

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Places to explore: Highfield Road and Early Years Academy.

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