Substation · England, United Kingdom
Bishops Waltham Primary
Bishops Waltham Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.32 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 7.32 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 12 / 24MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Netley Common BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Botley Wood BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace both transformers with 20 / 40MVA units (due Dec 2028) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9468, -1.1944 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 274 power plants (118 operating, 1,104 MW), 246 grid connections (142 operating, 1,346 MW), 13 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Farm | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Waltham Chase grid connection | Grid connection | 2.5 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Bishop’s Waltham Solar Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Solar 11.4 MW grid connection at Bishops Waltham PV | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| New Farm House Locks Farm | Power plant | 18 MW | Permitted | 1.6 km |
| Glebe Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Bishops Waltham Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 61 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.12 km · score 37
- 40 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester0.69 km · score 37
- 72 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.58 km · score 34
- 84 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.86 km · score 33
- 43 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.42 km · score 27
- 42 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.89 km · score 20
- 29 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester (INSPIRE polygon 29597677)1.73 km · score 19
- 29 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester (INSPIRE polygon 55681672)1.76 km · score 18
- 28 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.72 km · score 18
- 33 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.88 km · score 17
- 27 ha site near Bishops Waltham Primary substation, Winchester1.83 km · score 17
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.