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Substation · England, United Kingdom

St Johns Wood 22kV Substation

St Johns Wood 22kV Substation is a 22 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 26.8 MVA of demand headroom and 52 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where St Johns Wood 22kV lies
51.5272, -0.1717 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 operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom26.8 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom52 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity58.5 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
Voltage22 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5272, -0.1717UK 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: 363 power plants (133 operating, 4,367 MW), 359 grid connections (255 operating, 2,381 MW), 148 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
Oil 1.6 MW grid connection at Duke St B 11kVGrid connection1.6 MWOperating1.0 km
Visa LondonData center——1.1 km
Oil 1.6 MW grid connection at Hyde Park Estate A 11kVGrid connection1.6 MWOperating1.1 km
Oil 1 MW grid connection at Georgiana St 11kVGrid connection1 MWOperating2.5 km
Verizon UK5Data center——3.0 km
Pegasus House, Sackville Street - Roof Mounted Solar PanelsPower plant2.3 MWCancelled3.2 km
Westfield London Shopping Centre, Ariel Way - Solar PanelsPower plant1 MWPlanned3.9 km
Verne Global London Data CentreData center——4.9 km
WillesdenPower plant8 MWCancelled5.3 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near St Johns Wood 22kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

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