Substation · England, United Kingdom
Crayford 11kV Substation
Crayford 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 23.1 MVA of demand headroom and 55.5 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 | 23.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 55.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 58.5 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 | 51.4524, 0.1806 | 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: 370 grid connections (257 operating, 2,590 MW), 367 power plants (135 operating, 7,517 MW), 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 1.1 MW grid connection at Dartford Grid B 11kV | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Manor Farm, Dartford Road - Energy Storage System | Power plant | 212 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Monarch Pier grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Longreach STW - extension | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Longreach grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Darenth Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 99.9 MW | Permitted | 4.4 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 4.5 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Crayford 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.
- 3.45 ha brownfield site at Tower Retail Park, Bexley0.29 km · score 49
- 2.16 ha brownfield site at Former Electrobase/Wheatsheaf Works, Bexley0.37 km · score 48
- 3.69 ha brownfield site at Sainsburys Crayford, Bexley0.4 km · score 47
- 1.4 ha brownfield site at Perry Street Farm, Mayplace Avenue, Crayford, Bexley0.68 km · score 43
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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.