Substation · England, United Kingdom
Purley Grid 33kV Substation
Purley Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 26.5 MVA of demand headroom and 119 MVA of generation headroom, operated by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South 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 | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 26.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 119 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 114 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3398, -0.1131 | 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: 343 grid connections (243 operating, 2,168 MW), 340 power plants (129 operating, 4,256 MW), 145 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant South London | Data center | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Kenley WTW 21249 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.02 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Croydon | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Rolls Royce Power grid connection | Grid connection | 58 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Beddington Lane ERF grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Beddington AD Facility (Waste AD) | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 4.5 km |
| Beddington EfW | Power plant | 26 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Segro Croydon (Morgan Stanley) | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| CapitalLand - Croyden | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.