Substation · England, United Kingdom
Longstanton Primary 11kV Substation
Longstanton Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.4 MVA of demand headroom and 21.5 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 | 8.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 52.2661, 0.0302 | 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: 393 power plants (159 operating, 2,864 MW), 261 grid connections (164 operating, 2,214 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Park, Wilsons Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 26 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Falcon Park, Wilsons Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Stargoose Farm - Battery Storage | Power plant | 312 MW | Cancelled | 3.5 km |
| (ANM) Gatehouse Road grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 4.5 km |
| (ANM) Childerley Hall grid connection | Grid connection | 90 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| Stubbins Nursery grid connection | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Operating | 6.6 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 9.1 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Eastern Power Networks plc
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Longstanton 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.
- 1,381 ha brownfield site at Northstowe, Longstanton Road, Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire0.33 km · score 63
- 195 ha brownfield site at Nothstowe Phase 3 - Land at, Oakington Barracks, Ramptoon Road, South Cambridgeshire2.34 km · score 38
- 177 ha brownfield site at Northstowe, Longstanton Road, Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire2.36 km · score 38
- 150 ha brownfield site at Nothstowe Phase 3 - Land at, Oakington Barracks, Ramptoon Road, South Cambridgeshire2.46 km · score 38
- 63 ha brownfield site at Land to the East of B1050 and Longstanton, West of the Cambridgeshire…, South Cambridgeshire2.88 km · score 26
- 63 ha brownfield site at Northstowe Phase 2 - Bar Farm, Bar Road, Longstanton, South Cambridgeshire2.74 km · score 26
- 2.92 ha brownfield site at Hallmark Hotel, Land South side of Huntingdon Road, Bar Hill, South Cambridgeshire1.29 km · score 19
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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.