Kings Yard Substation

Kings Yard Substation is an electrical substation in Hackney, Greater London, England. Kings Yard Substation is situated nearby to Eastcross Square, as well as near the power station King’s Yard Energy Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Stadium and Copper Box Arena.

London Stadium

Stadium

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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London. London Stadium is situated 1,800 feet south of Kings Yard Substation.

Copper Box Arena

Sports venue

Photo: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Copper Box Arena is a multi-sport venue built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England. Previously known as the Handball Arena, it was renamed because, aside from handball, it hosted modern pentathlon during the Olympics and was the goalball venue for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Copper Box Arena is situated 400 feet northwest of Kings Yard Substation.

London Aquatics Centre

Stadium

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The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre swimming pools and a 25-metre diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. London Aquatics Centre is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Kings Yard Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hackney Wick and Fish Island.

Hackney Wick

Suburb

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in East London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney.

Fish Island

Neighborhood

Fish Island is an area of east London, England. It is one of 58 designated conservation areas in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with many of its buildings considered important to Britain's industrial heritage, though there are no listed buildings in the area.

East Village

Neighborhood

Photo: EG Focus, CC BY 2.0.

East Village is an area in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics and has been converted for use as a new residential district, complete with independent shops, bars and restaurants.

Kings Yard Substation

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

51.54339° or 51° 32′ 36″ north

Longitude

-0.01918° or 0° 1′ 9″ west

Operator

UK Power Networks

Open location code

9C3XGXVJ+98

OpenStreetMap ID

way 127345394

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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