Laburnam Drive Substation

Laburnam Drive Substation is an electrical substation in New Inn, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Laburnam Drive Substation is situated near the park The Triangle, as well as near the forest Coed y Canddo.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pontypool and New Inn railway station and Pontypool Park.

Pontypool and New Inn railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontypool and New Inn railway station is situated to the south east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn, Wales. The station was formerly called Pontypool Road until renamed just Pontypool in 1972 and then to the present name in 1994. Pontypool and New Inn railway station is situated 1,900 feet west of Laburnam Drive Substation.

Pontypool Park

Park

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware. Pontypool Park is situated 1¼ miles west of Laburnam Drive Substation.

Shell Grotto

Archaeological site

Photo: Janice Lightly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shell Grotto - - is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century stone built, cylindrical, slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones on the interior. Shell Grotto is situated 1 mile northwest of Laburnam Drive Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Inn and Griffithstown.

New Inn

Suburb

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Inn is a village and community directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It had a population of 5,986 at the 2011 Census.

Griffithstown

Suburb

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Griffithstown is a large suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in May 1898, from Llanfrechfa Upper and Panteg, and includes Sebastopol, but, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894, became a separate civil parish.

Sebastopol

Suburb

Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sebastopol is the southernmost suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is named in honour of the Crimean city Sevastopol that was taken during the Crimean War.

Laburnam Drive Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: New Inn, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6962° or 51° 41′ 46″ north

Longitude

-3.00537° or 3° 0′ 19″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3RMXWV+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7769971932

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=street_cabinet

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Triangle and Coed y Canddo.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Russell Close and Chester Close Substation.

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