Substation · England, United Kingdom

Sydenham Park 11kV Substation

Sydenham Park 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 17.4 MVA of demand headroom and 56.4 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

51.4335, -0.0536 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	17.4 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	56.4 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	51.4335, -0.0536	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: 357 grid connections (256 operating, 2,487 MW), 355 power plants (134 operating, 5,225 MW), 144 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
Tilbury Docks Ph2 grid connection	Grid connection	40 MW	Planned	4.1 km
Gas 1.47 MW grid connection at Deptford Grid 11kV	Grid connection	1.47 MW	Operating	4.1 km
Citibank Riverdale Data Centre	Data center	—	—	4.1 km
Kings College Hospital grid connection	Grid connection	4.2 MW	Operating	4.6 km
Selhurst Traincare Depot, Selhurst Road - Solar Panels	Power plant	1 MW	Permitted	5.1 km
SELCHP ERF	Power plant	35 MW	Operating	5.8 km
SELCHP	Power plant	35.5 MW	Operating	5.9 km
Telstra London Hosting Centre	Data center	—	—	7.2 km
Csquare: LHR2 Docklands Data Center Campus	Data center	—	—	7.2 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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Candidate sites around this substation

6 sites of land near Sydenham Park 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.

1.56 ha brownfield site at Longfield Crescent Estate, Lewisham0.08 km · score 46
1.29 ha brownfield site at Willow Way Locally Significant Industrial Site, Lewisham0.41 km · score 41
1.35 ha brownfield site at Mais House, Lewisham0.75 km · score 36
1.27 ha brownfield site at Beltwood41, Sydenham Hill, SE26 6TH, Southwark1.22 km · score 29
2.17 ha brownfield site at St Clements Heights, 165 Wells Park Road, Lewisham1.34 km · score 27
20 ha brownfield site at Convoys Wharf, Lewisham (gb-bf-1705026)1.94 km · score 23

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.