Penfro Converter Station

Penfro Converter Station is an electrical substation in Hundleton, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Penfro Converter Station is situated nearby to Pembroke Power Station, as well as near the nature reserve Pwllcrochan Pond and Marshland.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pembroke Power Station and Defensible Barracks.

Pembroke Power Station

Power station

Photo: JKMMX, CC BY 3.0.

Pembroke Power Station is a 2,200 MWe natural gas-fired power station near Pembroke in Wales. The power station was officially opened in September 2012. Pembroke Power Station is situated 3,100 feet north of Penfro Converter Station.

Defensible Barracks

Castle

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Defensible Barracks at Pembroke Dock, is a Grade II* listed, Victorian-era fortification and barracks in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It is a 20-sided stone fort surrounded by a dry moat with masonry walls. Defensible Barracks is situated 2 miles northeast of Penfro Converter Station.

South Pembrokeshire Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Pembrokeshire Hospital is a community hospital in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is managed by the Hywel Dda University Health Board. South Pembrokeshire Hospital is situated 2 miles northeast of Penfro Converter Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hundleton and Rhoscrowther.

Hundleton

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hundleton is a village and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the parish of Monkton. The community covers the adjacent settlements of West Orielton, Brownslate, Corston and Pwllcrochan. Hundleton is situated 1½ miles east of Penfro Converter Station.

Rhoscrowther

Village

Photo: Colin Bell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhoscrowther was a village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales on the south shore of the Milford Haven Waterway. The placename is Welsh and perhaps means "crwth-player's moor". It is part of the community of Angle. Rhoscrowther is situated 2 miles west of Penfro Converter Station.

Castlemartin

Village

Photo: Dave, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castlemartin is a village and parish in the community of Stackpole and Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The village is on a sandstone ridge, 5 miles southwest of Pembroke, 4 miles southeast of Angle, and reached on the B4319 road. Castlemartin is situated 2½ miles southwest of Penfro Converter Station.

Penfro Converter Station

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Hundleton, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.67526° or 51° 40′ 31″ north

Longitude

-4.98979° or 4° 59′ 23″ west

Operator

National Grid plc

Open location code

9C3QM2G6+43

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1151065330

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