Substation · England, United Kingdom
Toothill BSP
Toothill BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 42.6 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 42.6 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 22.5 / 45MVA + 1 x 45 / 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Minety GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the existing 45MVA transformers with 90MVA units (due Jun 2027) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5542, -1.8111 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 362 power plants (134 operating, 2,241 MW), 215 grid connections (120 operating, 1,337 MW), 10 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannington Battery Storage Plant | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Mannington Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Unit O, Penzance Drive - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.96 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at Swindon | Grid connection | 2.38 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Common Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Toothill BSP have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 147 ha site near Toothill BSP substation, Swindon0.19 km · score 97
- 30 ha site near Toothill BSP substation, Swindon0.07 km · score 76
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.