Drinnick Substation

Drinnick Substation is an electrical substation in St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England. Drinnick Substation is situated nearby to the school Foxhole Learning Academy, as well as near the village Nanpean.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Dennis and South Terras mine.

Church of St Dennis

Church

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Dennis is situated 2 miles north of Drinnick Substation.

South Terras mine

Forest

South Terras Mine is a disused uranium and radium mine near Grampound Road and St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Prior to producing primarily radioactive ores, it also produced tin, iron, and ochre. South Terras mine is situated 2½ miles southwest of Drinnick Substation.

Brannel School

School

Brannel School is a co-educational secondary school located in St Stephen-in-Brannel, in Cornwall, England, UK. There are around 750 children aged 11–16 on roll. Brannel School is situated 2 miles southwest of Drinnick Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nanpean and Foxhole.

Nanpean

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nanpean is a village in the civil parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The B3279 road runs through the village which is approximately 4 miles north-west of St Austell in the heart of 'clay country', the china clay mining area of mid-Cornwall.

Foxhole

Village

Photo: Gasheadsteve, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Foxhole is a village in mid Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies within the parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel, and has a primary school. Foxhole lies on the B3279 road between St Austell and Newquay and is contiguous with the neighbouring village of Carpalla, home to a china clay pit.