Substation · England, United Kingdom
Simpsons Road 11kV Substation
Simpsons Road 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 56.8 MVA of demand headroom and 210 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | 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 | 56.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 210 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 157 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 | 51.5082, -0.0172 | 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: 379 power plants (138 operating, 6,037 MW), 377 grid connections (261 operating, 2,550 MW), 141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 North Colonnade grid connection | Grid connection | 4.4 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm - Solar Panels | Power plant | 98 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Riverside South grid connection | Grid connection | 5.7 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Global Switch London South | Data center | — | Under construction | 0.9 km |
| Global Switch London North | Data center | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Cable & Wireless Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Barkantine CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1.34 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| The O2 Arena - Wind turbines | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Simpsons Road 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.
- 4.61 ha brownfield site at Aspen Way, Tower Hamlets0.12 km · score 68
- 3.92 ha brownfield site at Chrisp Street Town Centre, Tower Hamlets0.51 km · score 62
- 3.61 ha brownfield site at Marsh Wall East, Tower Hamlets0.92 km · score 56
- 5.25 ha brownfield site at Limeharbour, Tower Hamlets1.05 km · score 54
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.