Substation · England, United Kingdom

Reading Town BSP

Reading Town BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 52.7 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.

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	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Southern Electric Power Distribution plc	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	52.7 MVA	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	0 MW	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Transformers	2 x 45 / 90MVA	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Bulk supply point (BSP)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Fleet-Bramley GSP	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	None (green on the heat map)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	51.4615, -0.9711	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 290 power plants (107 operating, 3,119 MW), 200 grid connections (100 operating, 1,102 MW) and 96 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
1MW BESS & ASHP grid connection	Grid connection	1 MW	Planned	1.4 km
Gas 1.14 MW grid connection at Silver Street	Grid connection	1.14 MW	Operating	1.7 km
Pulsant	Data center	—	—	1.9 km
Pulsant	Data center	—	—	2.0 km
Pulsant Reading East	Data center	—	—	2.1 km
Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park - Solar PV	Power plant	1.3 MW	Cancelled	2.3 km
Landfill gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Courages	Grid connection	2.85 MW	Operating	3.3 km
Burghfield Road, Southcote - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	7.4 MW	Cancelled	4.2 km
Mapledurham farm AD (Farm waste)	Power plant	1.5 MW	Cancelled	4.4 km

Grid operator and place

Southern Electric Power Distribution plcGrid operator
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Candidate sites around this substation

8 sites of land near Reading Town BSP have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.51 ha brownfield site at Brunel Arcade and Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading0.36 km · score 65
46 ha site near Reading Town BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.31 km · score 63
1.62 ha brownfield site at Napier Court, Napier Road, Reading0.52 km · score 62
3.97 ha brownfield site at Forbury Retail Park, Forbury Road, Reading0.72 km · score 59
1.44 ha brownfield site at Reading Prison, Forbury Road, Reading0.74 km · score 59
2.8 ha brownfield site at Kenavon Drive, Reading0.88 km · score 57
2.07 ha brownfield site at Forbury Business Park & Kenavon Drive, Reading1.03 km · score 55
28 ha site near Reading Town BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.89 km · score 49

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Data on this page

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