Shelly Road Substation

Shelly Road Substation is an electrical substation in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Shelly Road Substation is situated nearby to the forest Lexden Earthworks, as well as near the archaeological site Lexden Mount.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spring Lane Meadows and St Leonard’s Church, Lexden.

Spring Lane Meadows

Park

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spring Lane Meadows or Lexden Springs is a 2-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. Spring Lane Meadows is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Shelly Road Substation.

St Leonard’s Church, Lexden

Church

Photo: Alansplodge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Church of Saint Leonard is a Church of England parish church in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England. Originating in the early 12th century, the medieval building became unsafe and was demolished in 1820. St Leonard’s Church, Lexden is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Shelly Road Substation.

Philip Morant School and College

School

Philip Morant School and College is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located within the Prettygate suburb of Colchester, Essex. The school is named after Philip Morant, a local 18th-century historian and archaeologist who was chosen as the school's eponym a few months after its achieving technology college status in 1994. Philip Morant School and College is situated 3,200 feet east of Shelly Road Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lexden and Colchester.

Lexden

Suburb

Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lexden is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying approximately 1 mile west of the city centre. It has a public house called the Crown. The parish church of St Leonard's is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac, the patron saint of prisoners.

Colchester

Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colchester is a city in Essex, East Anglia. Home to the University of Essex, the Colchester Institute and an Army Garrison, and with its attractive old buildings, Roman wall, castle and proximity to Constable country, Colchester is an interesting place to visit.

Berechurch

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Berechurch is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying to the south of the city centre. Berechurch is situated 2½ miles southeast of Shelly Road Substation.

Shelly Road Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8855° or 51° 53′ 8″ north

Longitude

0.85636° or 0° 51′ 23″ east

Operator

EDF

Open location code

9F32VVP4+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35553812

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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Highlights include Lexden Earthworks and Lexden Mount.

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