West George Street Substation

West George Street Substation is an electrical substation in Glasgow City, Scotland. West George Street Substation is situated nearby to St Columba Church of Scotland, as well as near the nightclub King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Columba Church of Scotland and Blythswood Square.

St Columba Church of Scotland

Church

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Columba's Church is a Church of Scotland Parish church that used to serve a Gaelic congregation in Glasgow. The building was closed in 2021. The congregation moved to Blawarthill Parish Church.

Blythswood Square

Garden

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blythswood Square is the Georgian square on Blythswood Hill in the heart of the City of Glasgow, Scotland. The square is part of the 'Magnificent New Town of Blythswood' built in the 1800s on the rising empty ground west of a very new Buchanan Street. Blythswood Square is situated 610 feet east of West George Street Substation.

St Vincent Street Church

Church

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St. Vincent Street Church is a Presbyterian church on St. Vincent Street in Glasgow, Scotland. It was designed by Alexander Thomson and built from 1857 to 1859 for the former United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. St Vincent Street Church is situated 370 feet south of West George Street Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blythswood Hill and Garnethill.

Blythswood Hill

Quarter

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Blythswood Hill, crowned by Blythswood Square, is an area of central Glasgow, Scotland. Its grid of streets extend from the length of the west side of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, and to Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill.

Garnethill

Quarter

Garnethill is a predominantly residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland with a number of important public buildings.

Anderston

Suburb

Photo: Tomek Augustyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Anderston is an area within inner Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the north bank of the River Clyde and forms the south western edge of the city centre. Established as a village of handloom weavers in the early 18th century, Anderston was an independent burgh of barony from 1824 until it was incorporated into the City of Glasgow in 1846.

West George Street Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Categories: building and industry
Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.86323° or 55° 51′ 48″ north

Longitude

-4.26609° or 4° 15′ 58″ west

Operator

SP Energy Networks

Open location code

9C7QVP7M+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 134934730

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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