Falmouth Docks Substation
Falmouth Docks Substation is an electrical substation in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. Falmouth Docks Substation is situated nearby to Falmouth Docks Railway Station, as well as near Bar Road Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Falmouth Docks Railway Station and National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
Falmouth Docks Railway Station
Railway station
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Falmouth Docks railway station is situated in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Maritime Line from Truro, although since 1970 Falmouth Town has been the principal station for the town.
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Museum
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The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. National Maritime Museum Cornwall is situated 1,100 feet west of Falmouth Docks Substation.
Pendennis Castle
Castle
Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.
Pendennis Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. Pendennis Castle is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Falmouth Docks Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flushing and Mylor Churchtown.
Flushing
Village
Flushing is a coastal village in the civil parish of Mylor, west Cornwall, UK. It is 3 miles east of Penryn and 10 miles south of Truro. It faces Falmouth across the Penryn River, an arm of the Carrick Roads.
Mylor Churchtown
Village
Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth. Mylor Churchtown is situated 2 miles north of Falmouth Docks Substation.
St Mawes
Village
Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise. St Mawes is situated 2 miles east of Falmouth Docks Substation.
Falmouth Docks Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15087° or 50° 9′ 3″ northLongitude
-5.057° or 5° 3′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C2P5W2V+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 688140562
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