Substation · England, United Kingdom
North Finchley Primary 11kV Substation
North Finchley Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 12.6 MVA of demand headroom and 21.9 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 | 12.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.9 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 38 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 | 51.6154, -0.1804 | 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: 400 power plants (146 operating, 4,494 MW), 382 grid connections (264 operating, 2,482 MW), 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill National Grid Substation | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Soverign Data Centre - Metro Point | Data center | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Denmark Hill Drive grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Planned | 4.9 km |
| BT Colindale Telephone Exchange grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 5.7 km |
| Chequers Way grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 6.0 km |
| LDeX 1 | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Pure DC London Brent Cross | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Elstree Film And TV Studios, Shenley Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 7.6 km |
| Londonwaste Ltd | Power plant | 55 MW | Operating | 9.2 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near North Finchley 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.
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.