Substation · England, United Kingdom
Southend Grid 11kV Substation
Southend Grid 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 34.3 MVA of demand headroom and 101 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 | 34.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 101 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 72 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 | 51.5415, 0.7033 | 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: 347 power plants (144 operating, 7,211 MW), 282 grid connections (188 operating, 2,640 MW), 30 data centers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southend STW grid connection | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| London Southend Airport | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Progress Road, Eastwood - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility | Power plant | 4 MW | Cancelled | 5.1 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| (ANM) Little Stambridge grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 6.1 km |
| Campfield Road, Shoeburyness - Solar Photovoltaic Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 6.3 km |
| Barling Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 7.6 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Southend Grid 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.
- 13 ha brownfield site at Victoria Avenue Opportunity Site, Southend-on-Sea0.47 km · score 60
- 2.13 ha brownfield site at Baxter Avenue Opportunity Site, Southend-on-Sea0.3 km · score 60
- 6.14 ha brownfield site at Queensway Opportunity Site, Southend-on-Sea0.87 km · score 52
- 1.81 ha brownfield site at Tylers Avenue Opportunty Site, Southend-on-Sea1.01 km · score 49
- 2.23 ha brownfield site at Sutton Road Opportunity Site, Southend-on-Sea1.08 km · score 48
- 1.1 ha brownfield site at Marine Plaza Land Between Southchurch Avenue And Pleasant Road…, Southend-on-Sea1.63 km · score 40
- 1.42 ha brownfield site at Esplanade House Eastern Esplanade, Southend-On-Sea, Essex2.15 km · score 34
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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.