Substation · England, United Kingdom
Ashford East 11kV Substation
Ashford East 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 3.1 MVA of demand headroom and 8 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 | 3.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 22.9 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 | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1557, 0.8977 | 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: 201 power plants (77 operating, 6,079 MW), 156 grid connections (101 operating, 1,596 MW), 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Grocery Products, Kennington Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 2.15 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Bybrook Sewage Works Phs 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.15 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Gas 4.05 MW grid connection at Ashford Central 6.6kV | Grid connection | 4.05 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Long Barrow grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Oaklands Farm | Power plant | 6.9 MW | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Stonestreet Green Solar | Power plant | 99.9 MW | Permitted | 6.5 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.