Biggin Hill Substation

Biggin Hill Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, England. Biggin Hill Substation is situated nearby to Agaton Social Club, as well as near Ernesettle Community School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Agaton Fort and Knowles Battery.

Agaton Fort

Fort

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Agaton Fort is situated 710 feet west of Biggin Hill Substation.

Knowles Battery is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Knowles Battery is situated 1,700 feet east of Biggin Hill Substation.

Church of St Budeaux

Church

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Budeaux is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Biggin Hill Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King’s Tamerton and Honicknowle.

King’s Tamerton

Suburb

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

King's Tamerton is a suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was largely built post-war adjacent to St Budeaux and overlooking the Naval base and the Hamoaze which is the wide estuary of the River Tamar.

Honicknowle

Suburb

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle.

Whitleigh

Suburb

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitleigh is a district area and is in the electoral ward of Budshead in the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon. it had district borders with Southway, Honicknowle, West park, Crownhill and St Budeaux. Whitleigh has a population of 7870…

Biggin Hill Substation

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

50.41569° or 50° 24′ 57″ north

Longitude

-4.17194° or 4° 10′ 19″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C2QCR8H+76

OpenStreetMap ID

way 531071109

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