Substation · England, United Kingdom

Abbey Road

Abbey Road is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 14.1 MVA of demand headroom and 2.04 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

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
Location	England	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	14.1 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	2.04 MW	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	23 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Primary substation	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Kirkstall C/Ring Road Horsforth	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Kirkstall B	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	None (green on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	None (green on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	11 kV	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.8282, -1.6284	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 430 grid connections (219 operating, 2,148 MW), 366 power plants (101 operating, 3,726 MW), 9 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Battery storage 60 MW grid connection at Redcote Lane Direct	Grid connection	60 MW	Planned	3.5 km
Gas 15 MW grid connection at University Clarendon Way	Grid connection	15 MW	Operating	3.6 km
Redcote Lane, Armley - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	60 MW	Permitted	3.7 km
Esholt WWTW	Power plant	3 MW	Operating	5.6 km
Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Elawan Energy BESS Direct	Grid connection	49.9 MW	Planned	5.8 km
Buslingthorpe Green - Battery Energy Storage	Power plant	49.9 MW	Permitted	5.9 km
GridJet	Data center	—	—	6.2 km
VocaLink	Data center	—	—	17 km
Redcentric Elland Data Centre	Data center	—	—	20 km

Grid operator and place

Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom1,666
Substations in the United Kingdom2,119
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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Abbey Road has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

30 ha site near Abbey Road substation, Leeds1.81 km · score 24

Other substations in England

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.