Substation · England, United Kingdom

Erith 11kV Substation

Erith 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.1 MVA of demand headroom and 30.6 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

51.4818, 0.1782 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.

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	9.1 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	30.6 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	24 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	51.4818, 0.1782	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 384 power plants (139 operating, 7,542 MW), 382 grid connections (266 operating, 2,654 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
Monarch Pier grid connection	Grid connection	1.5 MW	Planned	0.6 km
OVH data center, England	Data center	—	—	1.3 km
Gas 14.8 MW grid connection at Erith 11kV	Grid connection	14.8 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Rainham Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	23.2 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Rainham Landfill Scheme, Phase I	Power plant	3.9 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Rainham Phase II	Power plant	17 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Burts Wharf Resource Park	Power plant	12.5 MW	Cancelled	2.5 km
Fujitsu Data Centre	Data center	—	—	6.4 km
CustodianDC DA2	Data center	—	—	6.4 km

Grid operator and place

London Power Networks plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom2,633
Substations in the United Kingdom4,347
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Grid connections attached to this substation

Monarch Pier grid connection1.5 MW
Gas 14.8 MW grid connection at Erith 11kV14.8 MW

Candidate sites around this substation

10 sites of land near Erith 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.

4.62 ha brownfield site at Erith Western Gateway, Bexley0.09 km · score 38
3 ha brownfield site at Erith Western Gateway, Bexley0.2 km · score 36
1.39 ha brownfield site at Pier Road West, Bexley0.3 km · score 35
3.19 ha brownfield site at Morrisons Erith, Bexley0.57 km · score 31
2.62 ha brownfield site at Erith Riverside, Bexley0.77 km · score 28
5.75 ha brownfield site at Former Linpac Site And Adjoining Warehouse, Richmer Road, Erith, Bexley1.27 km · score 20
5.97 ha brownfield site at Crabtree Manorway South, Bexley1.57 km · score 16
1.32 ha brownfield site at Land adjacent to Woodside School, Bexley1.68 km · score 14
3.32 ha brownfield site at ASDA and B&Q Belvedere, Bexley1.86 km · score 11
3.89 ha brownfield site at Belvedere Gas Holders, Bexley2.31 km · score 9

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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.
UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.