Freathy Solar Substation
Freathy Solar Substation is an electrical substation in Millbrook, Cornwall, England. Freathy Solar Substation is situated nearby to the military installation WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of), as well as near the power station Mendennick Solar Farm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scraesdon Fort and HMS Scylla.
Scraesdon Fort
Military installation
Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scraesdon Fort, near the village of Antony, is one of several forts in South East Cornwall which formed part of the ring of forts surrounding Plymouth to protect Plymouth Sound and, in particular, the naval dockyard of Devonport from enemy naval attack. Scraesdon Fort is situated 1¼ miles north of Freathy Solar Substation.
HMS Scylla
Reef
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Scylla was the last Leander-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. She was the fifth vessel in the Royal Navy to be named after the Sea Monster who devoured the victims of the whirlpool, Charybdis, and was commonly referred to as "Aberdeen's frigate". HMS Scylla is situated 2 miles south of Freathy Solar Substation.
All Saints Church, Millbrook
Church
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 4.0.
All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Millbrook, Cornwall, England, UK. It was built in 1893–95 and has been Grade II listed since 1987. The war memorial on the edge of the church grounds also became Grade II listed in 2016. All Saints Church, Millbrook is situated 1½ miles east of Freathy Solar Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freathy and St John.
Freathy
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freathy is a beach and coastal settlement on the Rame Peninsula in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Freathy is accessible by the coast road along which runs the South West Coast Path.
St John
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John is a coastal civil parish and a village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles south of Saltash and 1.5 miles south-west of Torpoint.
Antony
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antony is a village and coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 438.
Freathy Solar Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Millbrook, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.35376° or 50° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.25175° or 4° 15′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9P3X+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 945126367OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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