Substation · England, United Kingdom

Bee Primary 11kV Substation

Bee Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.4 MVA of demand headroom and 40.8 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

51.5592, -0.2715 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	Eastern 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 headroom	8.4 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	40.8 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	38.1 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	51.5592, -0.2715	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: 378 power plants (130 operating, 3,528 MW), 364 grid connections (254 operating, 2,429 MW), 156 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
First Way Wembley grid connection	Grid connection	5 MW	Operating	0.3 km
Taylors Lane	Power plant	144 MW	Operating	1.9 km
Gas 140 MW grid connection at Willesden 132kV	Grid connection	140 MW	Operating	1.9 km
Premier Park grid connection	Grid connection	6.39 MW	Planned	2.5 km
Premier Park Road - Photovoltaic System	Power plant	1.44 MW	Cancelled	2.5 km
Unit F, 6, Premier Park Road - Solar Panels	Power plant	1.31 MW	Cancelled	2.5 km
Pure DC London Brent Cross	Data center	—	—	2.7 km
Options Park Royal Data Centre	Data center	—	—	2.8 km
LDeX 1	Data center	—	—	3.0 km

Grid operator and place

Eastern 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

First Way Wembley grid connection5 MW

Candidate sites around this substation

7 sites of land near Bee Primary 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.

1.36 ha brownfield site at Euro Car Parts, Corner of Fulton Road and Fifth Way, HA9, Brent0.15 km · score 36
1.13 ha brownfield site at Euro Car Parts, Corner of Fulton Road and Fifth Way, HA9, Brent0.16 km · score 36
3.92 ha brownfield site at First Way, Brent0.32 km · score 34
3.89 ha brownfield site at Wembley Retail Park, Brent0.37 km · score 33
1.45 ha brownfield site at Watkin Road, 1-22 Watkin Road plus site of Transporter House, HA9, Brent0.34 km · score 33
3.08 ha brownfield site at Asda, Brent0.64 km · score 29
1.36 ha brownfield site at Coombe Road, Brent0.96 km · score 24

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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.