Mountain Road Switching Site

Mountain Road Switching Site is an electrical substation in Yscir, Powys, Wales. Mountain Road Switching Site is situated nearby to the village Llanspyddid, as well as near the peak Coed Fenni-fach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christ College and Llanfaes C.P. School.

Christ College

School

Photo: Stephmaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Christ College, Brecon, is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school, located in the cathedral and market town of Brecon in mid-Wales. It currently caters for pupils aged 4–18 years. Christ College is situated 1¼ miles east of Mountain Road Switching Site.

Llanfaes C.P. School

School

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanfaes C.P. School is situated 1 mile east of Mountain Road Switching Site.

Drover’s Arms

Pub

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Drover’s Arms is a pub, which is situated 4,200 feet east of Mountain Road Switching Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanspyddid and Brecon.

Llanspyddid

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanspyddid is a small village just west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the valley of the River Usk in the community of Glyn Tarell in the county of Powys, Wales.

Brecon

Photo: Wiccasha, Public domain.

Brecon is in many ways a typical small Welsh market town in Mid Wales. The surrounding scenery is quite stunning, as Brecon is located within the Brecon Beacons National Park, which extends to the south, east and west.

Cradoc

Hamlet

Cradoc is a small village, about two miles northwest of Brecon, Wales. It lies within the administrative community of Yscir and partly within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Mountain Road Switching Site

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Yscir, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.9442° or 51° 56′ 39″ north

Longitude

-3.42273° or 3° 25′ 22″ west

Brand

National Grid plc

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3RWHVG+MW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9386008362

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Highlights include Brecon Golf Course and The Promenade.

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