Substation · England, United Kingdom

Sewell Rd B 11kV Substation

Sewell Rd B 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.6 MVA of demand headroom and 63.3 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

51.4976, 0.1124 on OpenStreetMap

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	London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	9.6 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	63.3 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	58.5 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	51.4976, 0.1124	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 394 grid connections (272 operating, 2,764 MW), 391 power plants (141 operating, 7,532 MW), 108 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
Oil 11.06 MW grid connection at Barking West 33kV (LPN)	Grid connection	11.1 MW	Operating	2.1 km
Waste 5.9 MW grid connection at Barking West 33kV (LPN)	Grid connection	5.9 MW	Operating	2.1 km
Atcost Road - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	100 MW	Planned	2.2 km
Crossness Sewage Works PV	Power plant	1.5 MW	Operating	2.3 km
Crossness Sewage Works	Power plant	5.7 MW	Operating	2.3 km
Warren Energy Centre grid connection	Grid connection	2.6 MW	Operating	2.8 km
OVH data center, England	Data center	—	—	3.8 km
Six Degrees Data Centre	Data center	—	—	5.7 km
Virtual Internet UK	Data center	—	—	6.5 km

Grid operator and place

London Power Networks plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom2,633
Substations in the United Kingdom4,347
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Grid connections attached to this substation

Warren Energy Centre grid connection2.6 MW

Candidate sites around this substation

7 sites of land near Sewell Rd B 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.

3.78 ha brownfield site at Land At Southmere Village, Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Bexley0.7 km · score 29
3.03 ha brownfield site at Land At Coralline Walk, Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood, Bexley0.74 km · score 29
2.15 ha brownfield site at ōLand At Harrow Manorway & Felixstowe Rd Abbey Woodō, Greenwich0.69 km · score 29
1.86 ha brownfield site at Land At Binsey Walk, Thamesmead, Bexley0.73 km · score 29
11 ha brownfield site at Lesnes Estate/Coralline Walk, Bexley0.99 km · score 27
1.19 ha brownfield site at Land West Of Sedgemere Road And East Of Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood, Bexley0.88 km · score 26
6.01 ha brownfield site at Land West Of Sedgemere Road And East Of Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood, Bexley1.01 km · score 25

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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.
UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.