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Turnford Primary 11kV Substation

Turnford Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 5.3 MVA of demand headroom and 22.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Turnford Primary 11kV lies
51.7190, -0.0278 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 operatorEastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom5.3 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom22.5 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity22 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
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.7190, -0.0278UK 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: 432 power plants (157 operating, 4,968 MW), 408 grid connections (279 operating, 2,932 MW), 128 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Stubbins Nursery Rye House grid connectionGrid connection3 MWOperating2.0 km
Google Datacentre Waltham CrossData center——2.9 km
St Marys C Of E Va High School, Lieutenant Ellis Way - Solar PanelsPower plant8.8 MWPermitted3.0 km
Google Waltham CrossData center88 MWOperating3.0 km
Broxbournebury Solar FieldPower plant5 MWCancelled3.6 km
Shottentons Farm grid connectionGrid connection10.1 MWOperating4.0 km
Abbey View Nursery grid connectionGrid connection3 MWOperating4.1 km
Waltham Point Distribution CentrePower plant1.8 MWOperating4.6 km
Virtus LONDON1Data center——7.7 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Turnford Primary 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.

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