Substation · England, United Kingdom
Townsend Hook 6.6kV Substation
Townsend Hook 6.6kV Substation is a 6.6 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 2 MVA of demand headroom and 10.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South 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 | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 10.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 13.8 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 | 6.6 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3267, 0.4500 | 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: 341 power plants (132 operating, 7,508 MW), 326 grid connections (226 operating, 2,630 MW), 57 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Street grid connection | Grid connection | 6.5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Smurfit Kappa Townsend Hook 9933 grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Snodland Paper Mill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Aylesford BESS | Power plant | 29 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Biossence Solar Park | Power plant | 4.5 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Wouldham Road, Wouldham - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.