RARE CONTEXT Request research

Substation · England, United Kingdom

South Chingford Primary 11kV Substation

South Chingford Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 4.3 MVA of demand headroom and 18.7 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where South Chingford Primary 11kV lies
51.6194, -0.0095 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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern 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 headroom4.3 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom18.7 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity19.5 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.6194, -0.0095UK 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: 413 power plants (150 operating, 5,489 MW), 403 grid connections (280 operating, 2,840 MW), 134 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Edmonton 'B' CHP PlantPower plant18 MWCancelled1.9 km
Edmonton EcoPark EfWPower plant55 MWOperating1.9 km
North London Heat and Power ProjectPower plant70 MWPermitted2.1 km
Edmonton Eco Park grid connectionGrid connection10 MWPlanned2.2 km
Edmonton Incineration Plant grid connectionGrid connection60 MWOperating2.2 km
Ark Data Centres Meridian ParkData center——2.2 km
Deephams STW grid connectionGrid connection9 MWOperating2.3 km
North London (Electricity Line) ReinforcementTransmission line—Permitted3.1 km
Virtus LONDON1Data center——4.8 km

Grid operator and place

More from Eastern Power Networks plc

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near South Chingford Primary 11kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in England

All 2633 substations in England, United Kingdom

Data on this page