Substation · England, United Kingdom
Romford Primary 11kV Substation
Romford Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.3 MVA of demand headroom and 28.7 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 | 11.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 28.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 44.1 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 | 51.5747, 0.1817 | 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: 416 grid connections (282 operating, 3,047 MW), 407 power plants (147 operating, 7,753 MW), 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Goodmayes Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 1.02 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Chequers Lane | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 5.2 km |
| Ford Motor Company Ltd (Extension) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Units 1&2 Midland Est ICP grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 5.8 km |
| Tesco Distribution Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Dagenham Docks Biogas (Waste AD) | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Eastern Power Networks plc
- Canvey Primary 11kVsubstation
- Thorley Primary 11kVsubstation
- Peterborough South Grid 11kVsubstation
- Westbury Primary 11kVsubstation
- Laxfield Primary 11kVsubstation
- Fulbourn Grid 33kVsubstation
- Earlham Grid 33kVsubstation
- Hunstanton Primary 11kVsubstation
Candidate sites around this substation
10 sites of land near Romford 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.
- 2.24 ha brownfield site at Station Gateway and Interchange Romford, Havering0.08 km · score 40
- 3.13 ha brownfield site at Bridge Close Estate, Romford, Havering0.25 km · score 38
- 4.29 ha brownfield site at Waterloo Estate (Queens Street), Romford, Havering0.35 km · score 36
- 2.88 ha brownfield site at Land at Rom Valley Way (Former Romford Ice Rink), Havering0.56 km · score 33
- 2.88 ha brownfield site at The Seedbed Centre & Rom Valley Retail Park, Davidson Way, Romford, Havering0.6 km · score 32
- 1.6 ha brownfield site at Homebase, Havering0.61 km · score 32
- 6.06 ha brownfield site at Romford Gas Works, Crow Lane, Romford, Havering0.73 km · score 31
- 1.13 ha brownfield site at Oldchurch Gardens, Rush Green, Romford, Havering0.78 km · score 30
- 1.09 ha brownfield site at Maygreen Crescent, Hornchurch, Havering1.24 km · score 23
- 1.21 ha brownfield site at Royal Jubilee Court, Main Road, Romford, Havering1.45 km · score 20
Other substations in England
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.