Substation · England, United Kingdom
Barking West 11kV Substation
Barking West 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 17.7 MVA of demand headroom and 39.7 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 | 17.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 39.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 46.8 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 | 51.5164, 0.1071 | 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: 399 power plants (143 operating, 7,511 MW), 399 grid connections (276 operating, 2,813 MW), 109 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atcost Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 100 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Beckton STW Biodiesel Power Plant | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Beckton Gas Pressure Reduction Station | Power plant | 19 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Gallions Power grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Beckton Sewage Works grid connection | Grid connection | 9.1 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Beckton Sewage Works grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Virtual Internet UK | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Six Degrees Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Barking West 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.
- 179 ha brownfield site at Barking Riverside Area, Outline, Barking and Dagenham0.94 km · score 64
- 67 ha brownfield site at Castle Green, Barking and Dagenham1.81 km · score 39
- 2.6 ha brownfield site at Thames Road, Barking and Dagenham0.97 km · score 33
- 3.4 ha brownfield site at Dagenham Leisure Park, Cook Road, Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham2.67 km · score 18
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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.