Substation · England, United Kingdom
Leighton Buzzard Primary 11kV Substation
Leighton Buzzard Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 36.6 MVA of demand headroom and 35.6 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England 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 | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 36.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 35.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 76 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 | 51.9168, -0.6523 | 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: 452 power plants (162 operating, 3,678 MW), 251 grid connections (150 operating, 1,730 MW) and 71 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smarter Network Storage | Power plant | 6 MW | Closed | 0.2 km |
| (ANM) Great Billington grid connection | Grid connection | 5.1 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 2.7 km |
| (ANM) Leighton Road grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| (ANM) Grounds Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Astral Green - Wind Turbine, Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Permitted | 2.9 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Leighton Buzzard Primary 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.
- 3.75 ha brownfield site at Land at Spinney Park & Spinney Pool, Billington Road, Central Bedfordshire1.31 km · score 47
- 5.9 ha brownfield site at Brickyard Quarry, Leighton Linslade, Central Bedfordshire1.41 km · score 46
- 7.43 ha brownfield site at Land at RAF Stanbridge, Leighton Linslade, Central Bedfordshire1.58 km · score 44
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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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.