Substation · England, United Kingdom
Wardley
Wardley is a 5.75 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.5 MVA of demand headroom and 20.8 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) 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 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 11.5 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 20.8 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 19 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | West Boldon | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 5.75 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9588, -1.5302 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 280 power plants (89 operating, 1,265 MW), 268 grid connections (140 operating, 1,794 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wardley (Waste AD) | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 2.4 km |
| Solar 2.86 MW grid connection at Hedworth | Grid connection | 2.86 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Wind 4.5 MW grid connection at Hedworth | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| NCL1, Follingsby Lane - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Permitted | 2.5 km |
| Lhyfe Wallsend - Green Hydrogen Plant | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 3.0 km |
| Battery storage 6 MW grid connection at Gateshead East | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Wardley have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 29 ha site near Wardley substation, Gateshead0.37 km · score 43
- 57 ha site near Wardley substation, South Tyneside1.75 km · score 31
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.