Substation · England, United Kingdom

Selby Road Substation

Selby Road Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 26.3 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) 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	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	0 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	26.3 MW	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	23 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Primary substation	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Skelton Grange	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Leeds East	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	Limited (amber on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	Limited (amber on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	11 kV	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.7963, -1.4667	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 421 grid connections (218 operating, 2,161 MW), 390 power plants (109 operating, 6,733 MW), 11 data centers 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
Solar 1.434 MW grid connection at Knostrop	Grid connection	1.43 MW	Operating	0.7 km
Premier Farnell, Unit 3 - Solar Panels	Power plant	2.28 MW	Cancelled	1.3 km
Amazon Uk, Skelton Moor Road - Solar Panels	Power plant	1.67 MW	Cancelled	1.5 km
Knostrop Sewage Treatment Works	Power plant	4 MW	Operating	2.1 km
Solar 4 MW grid connection at Pontefract Lane 1/2	Grid connection	4 MW	Operating	2.2 km
Waste 16.5 MW grid connection at Leeds Waste to Energy	Grid connection	16.5 MW	Operating	2.7 km
GridJet	Data center	—	—	7.2 km
nLighten Leeds	Data center	—	—	12 km
HSBC Wakefield Data Centre	Data center	—	—	12 km

Grid operator and place

Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom1,666
Substations in the United Kingdom2,119
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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Selby Road have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

29 ha site near Selby Road substation, Leeds0.6 km · score 28
2.75 ha brownfield site at Neville Road, Halton Moor, Leeds0.89 km · score 17

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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.
Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.