G E C Test Bed Whetstone

G E C Test Bed Whetstone is an electrical substation in Whetstone, Blaby, England. G E C Test Bed Whetstone is situated nearby to Whetstone Bapist Church, as well as near Badgerbrook Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Narborough railway station.

Church of St Peter

Church

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Peter is situated 3,600 feet north of G E C Test Bed Whetstone.

Narborough railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Narborough railway station serves the large village of Narborough and the small village of Littlethorpe in Leicestershire. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles southwest of Leicester. Narborough railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of G E C Test Bed Whetstone.

Narborough Bog

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Narborough Bog is an 8.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Narborough in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Littlethorpe and Narborough.

Littlethorpe

Village

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Littlethorpe is a hamlet approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.

Narborough

Village

Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498.

South Wigston

Suburb

South Wigston is a large village to the south of Leicester, England. It is outside the city boundary, forming part of the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire. The population at the 2011 census was 7,490. South Wigston is situated 2½ miles northeast of G E C Test Bed Whetstone.

G E C Test Bed Whetstone

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Whetstone, Blaby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.56305° or 52° 33′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.18183° or 1° 10′ 55″ west

Brand

National Grid plc

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C4WHR79+67

OpenStreetMap ID

way 974831909

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