Hillcrest Road Substation

Hillcrest Road Substation is an electrical substation in Birmingham, England. Hillcrest Road Substation is situated near the suburb Wylde Green, as well as near the fitness club Body Blitz.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green and Wylde Green railway station.

Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green

Church

Photo: Michael Westley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Wylde Green, Birmingham. Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Hillcrest Road Substation.

Wylde Green railway station

Railway station

Photo: DartsF4, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wylde Green railway station is a railway station serving northern Wylde Green and Boldmere in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line 6+1⁄2 miles north east of Birmingham New Street, and is in TfWM fare zone 4. Wylde Green railway station is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Hillcrest Road Substation.

Chester Road railway station

Railway station

Photo: DartsF4, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chester Road railway station serves the areas of Pype Hayes, Erdington and Wylde Green in northeast Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is sited on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch and Lichfield Trent Valley, via Birmingham New Street. Chester Road railway station is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Hillcrest Road Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wylde Green and Walmley.

Wylde Green

Suburb

Wylde Green is a residential area within the town of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, England in the West Midlands. It was historically part of Warwickshire. The area is in the Sutton Vesey ward.

Walmley is a suburban village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward.

Hillcrest Road Substation

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

52.54163° or 52° 32′ 30″ north

Longitude

-1.82321° or 1° 49′ 24″ west

Brand

National Grid plc

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C4WG5RG+MP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 96608364

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Body Blitz and Walmley Golf Club.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Beech Hill Grange Nursing Home and Birmingham Rd / Wylde Green Hotel.

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