Substation · England, United Kingdom
Fairlop Rd 11kV Substation
Fairlop Rd 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 23.2 MVA of demand headroom and 55.4 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 | 23.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 55.4 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 | 51.5930, 0.0840 | 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: 406 grid connections (279 operating, 2,859 MW), 402 power plants (148 operating, 7,678 MW), 126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodmayes Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 1.02 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Whipps Cross Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 5.8 km |
| Barking Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Planned | 6.0 km |
| Beckton Sewage Treatment Works | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Operating | 7.5 km |
| Beckton STW Enhanced Sludge Digestion | Power plant | 5.8 MW | Operating | 7.5 km |
| Chequers Lane | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 7.7 km |
| Tata Stratford | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.1 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
10 sites of land near Fairlop Rd 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.
- 1.8 ha brownfield site at New Mossford Site, Part of Barnardos Village, Redbridge0.83 km · score 41
- 23 ha brownfield site at The Limes Estate Chigwell IG7 5LP, Epping Forest1.69 km · score 33
- 3.45 ha brownfield site at Chase Lane/Perkins Road Newbury Park, Redbridge1.33 km · score 33
- 1.1 ha brownfield site at 320 New North Road, Redbridge1.71 km · score 28
- 1.49 ha brownfield site at Hainault LUL Depot Thurlow Gardens Hainault, Redbridge1.73 km · score 27
- 3.3 ha brownfield site at Padnall Court and Reynolds Court, Barking and Dagenham3.22 km · score 23
- 1.67 ha brownfield site at 801-803 Chigwell Road Woodford Bridge IG8 8AU, Epping Forest2.41 km · score 23
- 1.66 ha brownfield site at 245 High Road Chigwell IG7 5BL, Epping Forest2.53 km · score 23
- 1.32 ha brownfield site at Woodview Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6HX, Epping Forest2.96 km · score 23
- 1.07 ha brownfield site at Marlyon Road Housing Estate, Hainault, Ilford, Redbridge3.34 km · score 23
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.