Substation · England, United Kingdom
Axe St 11kV
Axe St 11kV is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 17.8 MVA of demand headroom and 50.6 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 17.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 50.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 58.5 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 | 51.5358, 0.0798 | 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: 402 grid connections (275 operating, 2,741 MW), 399 power plants (146 operating, 7,563 MW), 138 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gascoinge Estate Gen grid connection | Grid connection | 1.22 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Barking Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Beckton Sewage Works grid connection | Grid connection | 9.1 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Beckton Sewage Treatment Works | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Beckton STW Enhanced Sludge Digestion | Power plant | 5.8 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Beckton Gas Pressure Reduction Station | Power plant | 19 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Virtual Internet UK | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Tata Stratford | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Docklands Data Centre Campus | Data center | — | Under construction | 5.6 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
12 sites of land near Axe St 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.
- 15 ha brownfield site at Gascoigne East Estate Renewal, Barking and Dagenham0.47 km · score 44
- 3.29 ha brownfield site at Vicarage Fields, Ripple Road, Barking and Dagenham0.26 km · score 44
- 3.67 ha brownfield site at Gascoigne West, Barking and Dagenham0.35 km · score 43
- 2.56 ha brownfield site at Barking Station, Barking and Dagenham0.41 km · score 42
- 2.1 ha brownfield site at Abbey Retail Park (Former Sainsbury's Scheme), Abbey Road, Barking, Barking and Dagenham0.5 km · score 40
- 3.05 ha brownfield site at Tesco Car Park, Highbridge Road, Barking and Dagenham0.59 km · score 39
- 6.7 ha brownfield site at Gascoigne Business Area, Barking and Dagenham0.78 km · score 37
- 2.3 ha brownfield site at South of Gascoigne, Barking and Dagenham0.82 km · score 36
- 1.3 ha brownfield site at Wickes, Hertford Road, Barking and Dagenham0.78 km · score 36
- 7.3 ha brownfield site at Harts Lane Estate, Barking and Dagenham0.9 km · score 35
- 8.2 ha brownfield site at Hertford Road Industrial Estate, Barking and Dagenham1.01 km · score 34
- 3.31 ha brownfield site at Riverside Gateway, Barking and Dagenham1.27 km · score 29
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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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.