Substation · England, United Kingdom
Water Ln Primary 11kV Substation
Water Ln Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 6.7 MVA of demand headroom and 5.7 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, 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 | Eastern 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 headroom | 6.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 5.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6553, -0.3865 | 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: 390 power plants (137 operating, 2,783 MW), 355 grid connections (245 operating, 2,272 MW), 152 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror Colour Print Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 7.2 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| The Chess Building | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Elstree Substation, Hilfield Lane - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 400 MW | Cancelled | 3.3 km |
| Hilfield Lane, Aldenham - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 170 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Hilfield - Solar arrays & Battery storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Bio Products Laboratory grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Handley Page B grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 7.2 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 4 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Kao Data KLON-05 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Water Ln 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.
- 7.6 ha brownfield site at Land at Tesco, Lower High Street, Watford0.3 km · score 33
- 1.89 ha brownfield site at Land at Waterfields Retail Park, Watford0.37 km · score 31
- 2.65 ha brownfield site at Land at Colne Valley Retail Park, Watford0.61 km · score 28
- 1.5 ha brownfield site at Gas Holder Site, Lower High Street, Watford0.67 km · score 27
- 1 ha brownfield site at Land at Sainsbury’s, Town Centre, Watford0.96 km · score 22
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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.