Substation · England, United Kingdom
Orton Primary 11kV Substation
Orton Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.2 MVA of demand headroom and 1.4 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 | 8.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 1.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 29.3 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 | 52.5411, -0.3056 | 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: 382 power plants (134 operating, 4,333 MW), 138 grid connections (91 operating, 1,213 MW), 6 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ANM) Land At Haddon Road grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| J S Davidson Limited, Shrewsbury Avenue - Solar PV panels | Power plant | 1.44 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| 1 Maxwell Road grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Kingston Park | Power plant | 1.8 MW | Cancelled | 4.8 km |
| (ANM) Eagle Business Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.2 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Peterborough Power Station | Power plant | 245 MW | Operating | 5.6 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Eastern Power Networks plc
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Orton 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.
- 166 ha brownfield site at Land To The South Of Tranche VG9 County Road Hampton Vale Peterborough2.36 km · score 38
- 63 ha brownfield site at Northern Section Of The East Of England Showground Oundle Road…, Peterborough1.21 km · score 37
- 5 ha brownfield site at Bushfield House Bushfield Orton Goldhay Peterborough PE2 5RQ0.42 km · score 32
- 38 ha brownfield site at Hampton Vale Allotments Coriander Drive Hampton Vale Peterborough1.9 km · score 20
Other substations in England
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.