Substation · England, United Kingdom

Bankside C 11kV Substation

Bankside C 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 51.2 MVA of demand headroom and 326 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

51.5076, -0.1000 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.

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	51.2 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	326 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	152 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	51.5076, -0.1000	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 371 power plants (134 operating, 5,212 MW), 369 grid connections (258 operating, 2,510 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.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Oil 3 MW grid connection at Bankside C 11kV	Grid connection	3 MW	Operating	0.6 km
Land Part Of Swan Lane Pier grid connection	Grid connection	1.5 MW	Planned	0.8 km
Guys Hospital grid connection	Grid connection	3.6 MW	Planned	0.8 km
Verne Global London Data Centre	Data center	—	—	1.8 km
Stellanor London East	Data center	—	—	2.0 km
Digital Realty LHR18	Data center	—	—	2.1 km
Pegasus House, Sackville Street - Roof Mounted Solar Panels	Power plant	2.3 MW	Cancelled	2.4 km
SELCHP	Power plant	35.5 MW	Operating	4.5 km
SELCHP ERF	Power plant	35 MW	Operating	4.7 km

Grid operator and place

London Power Networks plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom2,633
Substations in the United Kingdom4,347
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Grid connections attached to this substation

Candidate sites around this substation

5 sites of land near Bankside C 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.

1.01 ha brownfield site at Sampson House, 64 Hopton Street, London, Southwark0.23 km · score 67
1.01 ha brownfield site at Sampson House 64 Hopton Street London SE1 9JH, Southwark0.2 km · score 67
2.14 ha brownfield site at Sampson House & Ludgate House, 64 & 245, Hopton Street, Southwark0.24 km · score 66
1.31 ha brownfield site at Site Bordering Great Suffolk Street and Ewer Street, Southwark0.33 km · score 65
1 ha brownfield site at 18, Blackfriars Road Bounded By Stamford Street, Paris Garden And…, Southwark0.42 km · score 64

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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.
UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.