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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Martlesham Primary 11kV Substation

Martlesham Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MVA of demand headroom and 13.9 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Martlesham Primary 11kV lies
52.0610, 1.2802 on OpenStreetMap

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
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern 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 headroom2.5 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom13.9 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity16.5 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.0610, 1.2802UK 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: 177 power plants (65 operating, 2,594 MW), 120 grid connections (71 operating, 1,142 MW) and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Foxhall Landfill SitePower plant1.2 MWOperating1.5 km
Foxburrow FarmPower plant8 MWOperating1.6 km
Npower Limited - Foxhall Landfill Site grid connectionGrid connection1.18 MWOperating2.3 km
Solar 22.5 MW grid connection at Felixstowe Grid 33kVGrid connection22.5 MWPlanned2.7 km
Bucklesham Solar FarmPower plant25 MWPermitted3.0 km
Cliff Quay, Ipswich grid connectionGrid connection40 MWOperating5.1 km
LionLink InterconnectorTransmission line—Planned23 km
Bramford to TwinsteadTransmission line—Permitted30 km
Sea LinkTransmission line—Planned45 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Martlesham Primary 11kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

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