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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Bassingbourn Primary 11kV Substation

Bassingbourn Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.5 MVA of demand headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Bassingbourn Primary 11kV lies
52.0602, -0.0394 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 operatorEastern 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 headroom7.5 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity15 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
Coordinates52.0602, -0.0394UK 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: 391 power plants (150 operating, 3,716 MW), 286 grid connections (185 operating, 1,991 MW), 19 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
South Close grid connectionGrid connection4.05 MWOperating0.9 km
Royston Solar Farm A505 Royston Bypass grid connectionGrid connection7.5 MWOperating1.1 km
Bassingbourn Solar FarmPower plant14.4 MWOperating1.2 km
Bassingbourn Solar (Cokenach Estate) grid connectionGrid connection12.6 MWOperating1.3 km
Royston Solar Farm (Phase 1)Power plant5 MWCancelled1.5 km
Royston Solar Farm (Phase 1) (a)Power plant5 MWOperating1.5 km
Starwood HouseData center——14 km
West Cambridge Data CentreData center——18 km
Redcentric CambridgeData center——23 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Bassingbourn Primary 11kV has 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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