Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Wroughton Air Field grid connection
Wroughton Air Field grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 46.1 MW of capacity, held by Swindon Solar Farm 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 | WROUGHTON AIR FIELD grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Wroughton Air PV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Swindon Solar Farm Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Wroughton Airfield Solar Park (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.81 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Toothill BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 46.1 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 23 Mar 2016 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5236, -1.7934 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Wroughton Airfield Solar Park
- Permit granted: Wroughton Airfield Solar Park (secretary of state granted, planning authority Swindon, reference S/13/0809)
- Permit applied for: Wroughton Airfield Solar Park (planning authority Swindon, reference S/13/0809)
How it compares
Wroughton Air Field grid connection is the 696th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,064th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 46.1 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 | 696th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,064th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,456th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 338 power plants (132 operating, 2,276 MW), 150 substations, 10 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Basset Down Farm | Power plant | 10.5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Wroughton Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Common Farm | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Building ONE | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Under construction | 1.5 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Quarry Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Toothill BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.2 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.