Substation · England, United Kingdom

Hillcrest

Hillcrest is a substation in England, United Kingdom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

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
LocationEnglandNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom0 MVANorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom4.01 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity23 MVANorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LevelPrimaryNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromSkelton GrangeNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromLeeds EastNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)Limited (amber on the heat map)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)Limited (amber on the heat map)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.8175, -1.5150Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 420 grid connections (215 operating, 2,102 MW), 380 power plants (103 operating, 3,989 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Gas 4.5 MW grid connection at BurmantoftsGrid connection4.5 MWOperating1.0 km
Gas 5.7 MW grid connection at BurmantoftsGrid connection5.7 MWOperating1.0 km
Buslingthorpe Power Station (Leeds North)Power plant2 MWOperating1.6 km
Waste 1.9 MW grid connection at Buslingthorpe GreenGrid connection1.9 MWOperating1.6 km
Buslingthorpe Green - Battery Energy StoragePower plant49.9 MWPermitted1.7 km
Cross Green ERFPower plant11.6 MWOperating3.3 km
Yorkshire GREENTransmission line—Permitted18 km

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