Western HVDC Converter Station

Western HVDC Converter Station is an electrical substation in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Western HVDC Converter Station is situated nearby to Hunterston A nuclear power station, as well as near the reservoir Underground Water Tank.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hunterston A nuclear power station and Hunterston B nuclear power station.

Hunterston A nuclear power station

Photo: Jonathonchampton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hunterston A nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station located at Hunterston in Ayrshire, Scotland, adjacent to Hunterston B. The ongoing decommissioning process is being managed by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services. Hunterston A nuclear power station is situated 970 feet north of Western HVDC Converter Station.

Hunterston B nuclear power station

Photo: Jonathonchampton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hunterston B nuclear power station is a shut-down AGR nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located about six miles south of Largs and about 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of West Kilbride on the Firth of Clyde coast. Hunterston B nuclear power station is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Western HVDC Converter Station.

Hunterston Castle

Photo: Dreamer84, CC BY 2.5.

Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Western HVDC Converter Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.

West Kilbride

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.

Seamill

Village

Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Western HVDC Converter Station.

Millport

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.

Western HVDC Converter Station

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.71806° or 55° 43′ 5″ north

Longitude

-4.89472° or 4° 53′ 41″ west

Height

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9C7QP494+64

OpenStreetMap ID

way 297840585

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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