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Croydon Primary 11kV Substation

Croydon Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 1.3 MVA of demand headroom and 0.6 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Croydon Primary 11kV lies
52.1318, -0.0840 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 headroom1.3 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom0.6 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity5.4 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
Coordinates52.1318, -0.0840UK 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: 421 power plants (166 operating, 3,325 MW), 282 grid connections (183 operating, 1,889 MW), 17 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
Croydon Solar Farm grid connectionGrid connection14 MWOperating0.3 km
Croydon / Church Farm (Royston)Power plant16.5 MWOperating0.6 km
Croydon Solar FarmPower plant5 MWCancelled1.7 km
Vine Farm Solar ParkPower plant45 MWOperating2.6 km
Vine Solar Farm grid connectionGrid connection45 MWOperating2.9 km
Hoback Farm grid connectionGrid connection13 MWOperating4.1 km
West Cambridge Data CentreData center——14 km
Starwood HouseData center——19 km
Redcentric CambridgeData center——19 km

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