Substation · England, United Kingdom
Attleborough Primary 11kV Substation
Attleborough Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 4 MVA of demand headroom and 20.3 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, 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 | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 20.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 52.5126, 1.0237 | 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: 258 power plants (91 operating, 1,671 MW), 189 grid connections (121 operating, 2,436 MW), 3 transmission lines and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attleborough Road Solar Farm | Power plant | 30 MW | Under construction | 1.7 km |
| Crows Hall Farm/Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 1.56 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Attleborough Ad Plant Limited - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Expansion | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| (ANM) Bunwell Road grid connection | Grid connection | 18 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Land North of the A11 - Solar Park | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| FDG B-13 Rookery Bus Park / School Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 3.85 MW | Operating | 5.7 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 48 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Attleborough Primary 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.62 ha brownfield site at Land south of Whitehouse Lane, Attleborough, Breckland0.2 km · score 31
- 2.5 ha brownfield site at Hamilton Acorn Ltd. Halford Road, Attleborough, Breckland0.48 km · score 27
- 1.61 ha brownfield site at Mellor Metals, Attleborough Road, Great Ellingham, Breckland3.81 km · score 4
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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.