Substation · England, United Kingdom
Merton 11kV Substation
Merton 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.6 MVA of demand headroom and 60.4 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 7.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 60.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 58.5 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 | 51.4102, -0.1895 | 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: 342 power plants (127 operating, 4,252 MW), 341 grid connections (244 operating, 2,252 MW), 151 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitcham Eco Park (Waste AD) | Power plant | 6.2 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Bio Collectors grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Willow Lane Wind Turbines | Power plant | 11 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Beddington EfW | Power plant | 26 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| CapitalLand - Croyden | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Segro Croydon (Morgan Stanley) | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Viridor Waste Management, Beddington Farm Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| Beddington Sewage Works grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| Pulsant South London | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Merton 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.
- 6.41 ha brownfield site at High Path Estate High Path, South Wimbledon SW19 2TG, Merton0.53 km · score 30
- 4.28 ha brownfield site at Ravensbury Estate Mitcham Phase 2 Ravensbury Grove, Mitcham CR4 4DL, Merton1.46 km · score 16
- 1.21 ha brownfield site at Haig Housing Estate, Hill Top & Rhodes Moorhouse Court, Green Lane, Merton2.37 km · score 8
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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.