Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Samlesbury Aerodome grid connection
Samlesbury Aerodome grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 9.48 MW of capacity, held by BAE Systems (Operations) Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | SAMLESBURY AERODOME grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Preston East) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | BAE Systems (Operations) Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Preston East (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.48 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Oct 2014 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7805, -2.5688 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Samlesbury Aerodome grid connection is the 1,391st-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,191st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.48 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,391st of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,191st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,110th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 385 substations, 362 power plants (114 operating, 4,110 MW), 16 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samlesbury Enterprise Zone | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Land at Fell View Farm (Phase 1) | Power plant | 4.2 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| AB Inbev UK | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Longridge | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Ribbleton | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 16 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 30 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
- BAE Systems (Operations) LimitedHolder
- Electricity North WestGrid operator
- Grid connections in England, United Kingdom3,831
- Grid connections in the United Kingdom5,913
- Solar grid connections in the UK1,291
- Wind grid connections in the UK812
- Gas grid connections in the UK464
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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