Substation · England, United Kingdom
Tunbridge Wells Grid 33kV Substation
Tunbridge Wells Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 36.7 MVA of demand 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 | 36.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 78 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1457, 0.2742 | 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: 317 power plants (131 operating, 7,054 MW), 296 grid connections (205 operating, 2,445 MW) and 54 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postern Park grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 5.9 km |
| Napoleon Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 6.0 km |
| Hadlow Solar Park Lilley Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 16.5 MW | Operating | 6.0 km |
| Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 10 MW | Permitted | 6.3 km |
| Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 6.3 km |
| Hadlow Place solar farm | Power plant | 14.3 MW | Operating | 6.7 km |
| Goldman Sachs data center, East Grinstead | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.