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Downham Market Primary 11kV Substation

Downham Market Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 2.3 MVA of demand headroom and 9.8 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Downham Market Primary 11kV lies
52.6082, 0.3679 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 headroom2.3 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom9.8 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity15.2 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
Coordinates52.6082, 0.3679UK 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: 307 power plants (132 operating, 4,178 MW), 188 grid connections (127 operating, 2,124 MW), 6 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Ryston Hall Farm grid connectionGrid connection4 MWOperating2.5 km
Ryston Estate Solar ParkPower plant4.8 MWOperating2.6 km
Ryston Estate grid connectionGrid connection12.5 MWPlanned3.6 km
(ANM) Lanes Farm, Lynn Road grid connectionGrid connection15 MWPlanned5.4 km
Marshlands FarmPower plant57 MWCancelled7.2 km
Wissington Sugar FactoryPower plant18 MWCancelled8.4 km
Longmarsh Green EnergyData center—Planned9.7 km
Kings Lynn B Connection ProjectTransmission line—Permitted13 km
Positive ParkData center——21 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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