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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Back Hill A 11kV Substation

Back Hill A 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 14.3 MVA of demand headroom and 58.9 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where Back Hill A 11kV lies
51.5228, -0.1102 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom14.3 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom58.9 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity56.6 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5228, -0.1102UK 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: 370 power plants (131 operating, 4,446 MW), 368 grid connections (258 operating, 2,540 MW), 145 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
21 Moorfield grid connectionGrid connection2 MWPlanned0.2 km
Verne Global London Data CentreData center——0.7 km
Gas 1.4 MW grid connection at King Henry's Walk 11kVGrid connection1.4 MWOperating0.7 km
Gas 8.7 MW grid connection at Beech St A 11kVGrid connection8.7 MWOperating0.7 km
Stellanor London NorthData center——1.0 km
Digital Realty LHR18Data center——1.6 km
Pegasus House, Sackville Street - Roof Mounted Solar PanelsPower plant2.3 MWCancelled2.3 km
SELCHPPower plant35.5 MWOperating6.1 km
SELCHP ERFPower plant35 MWOperating6.3 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Back Hill A 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.

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