Substation · England, United Kingdom
Ashburton Grid 33kV Substation
Ashburton Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 53.2 MVA of demand headroom and 103 MVA of generation headroom, operated by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area).
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 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 53.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 103 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 117 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3922, -0.0738 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 359 grid connections (256 operating, 2,376 MW), 354 power plants (133 operating, 5,231 MW), 148 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selhurst Traincare Depot, Selhurst Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Croydon University Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Rolls Royce Power grid connection | Grid connection | 58 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Croydon | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Viridor Waste Management, Beddington Farm Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Beddington AD Facility (Waste AD) | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 4.2 km |
| Segro Croydon (Morgan Stanley) | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| CapitalLand - Croyden | Data center | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Pulsant South London | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.