Substation · England, United Kingdom
Kirk Drive
Kirk Drive is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 12.1 MVA of demand headroom and 2.08 MW of generation headroom, 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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 12.1 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 2.08 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Bradford West | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Menston | Northern 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 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8525, -1.7625 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 396 grid connections (202 operating, 1,936 MW), 317 power plants (83 operating, 958 MW), 8 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 2.058 MW grid connection at Kirk Drive | Grid connection | 2.06 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Otley Road CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Marston House, Otley Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Solar 45 MW grid connection at Menston PV | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Esholt WWTW | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 80 MW | Permitted | 5.4 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Kirk Drive have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 228 ha site near Kirk Drive substation, Bradford0.47 km · score 65
- 27 ha site near Kirk Drive substation, Bradford0.14 km · score 47
- 69 ha site near Kirk Drive substation, Bradford1.22 km · score 43
- 36 ha site near Kirk Drive substation, Bradford0.7 km · score 41
- 44 ha site near Kirk Drive substation, Bradford0.96 km · score 39
- 49 ha site near Kirk Drive substation, Leeds1.98 km · score 25
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.