Substation · England, United Kingdom
Buckingham Rd Primary 11kV Substation
Buckingham Rd Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.2 MVA of demand headroom and 16.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England 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 | 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 | 8.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 16.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 19.5 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 | 51.8332, -0.8182 | 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: 414 power plants (140 operating, 3,395 MW), 254 grid connections (144 operating, 1,522 MW) and 87 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarrendon Fields | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Smeaton Close grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Quarrendon Fields grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Hale Farm, Hulcott grid connection | Grid connection | 45.3 MW | Planned | 4.5 km |
| Hale Solar Farm | Power plant | 40 MW | Planned | 4.7 km |
| Moat Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 24.1 MW | Cancelled | 5.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 17 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.