Substation · England, United Kingdom
Lechlade Primary
Lechlade Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 1.85 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution 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 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 1.85 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 8MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Stratton (Reserve) BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Minety GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7028, -1.6820 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 318 power plants (117 operating, 1,953 MW), 190 grid connections (101 operating, 1,225 MW) and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Oxfordshire Energy Park | Power plant | — | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Lynt Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 21.5 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Lynt Farm | Power plant | 27 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Pentylands Farm | Power plant | 19 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Highworth Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 73.3 MW | Planned | 6.4 km |
| PV Generation Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 6.4 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
17 sites of land near Lechlade Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 52 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Cotswold0.0 km · score 46
- 156 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.18 km · score 44
- 352 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.47 km · score 40
- 59 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Cotswold0.65 km · score 38
- 84 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, West Oxfordshire1.24 km · score 37
- 94 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Cotswold1.53 km · score 36
- 33 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Cotswold0.52 km · score 33
- 102 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Cotswold1.9 km · score 32
- 60 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, West Oxfordshire1.28 km · score 29
- 39 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.94 km · score 28
- 40 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, Cotswold1.0 km · score 27
- 33 ha site near Lechlade Primary substation, West Oxfordshire1.18 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.