Substation · England, United Kingdom

West Ferry Circus 11kV Substation

West Ferry Circus 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 108 MVA of demand headroom and 296 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

51.5070, -0.0264 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.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	England	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operator	London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	108 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	296 MVA	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	202 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	51.5070, -0.0264	UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 381 grid connections (264 operating, 2,556 MW), 378 power plants (136 operating, 5,280 MW), 141 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
Riverside South grid connection	Grid connection	5.7 MW	Operating	0.1 km
5 North Colonnade grid connection	Grid connection	4.4 MW	Operating	0.3 km
Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm - Solar Panels	Power plant	98 MW	Planned	0.9 km
Barkantine CHP grid connection	Grid connection	1.34 MW	Operating	1.2 km
Digital Realty Trust	Data center	—	—	1.2 km
Digital Realty LHR19	Data center	—	—	1.2 km
Equinix LD8	Data center	—	—	1.3 km
Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array	Power plant	1 MW	Operating	2.3 km
The O2 Arena - Wind turbines	Power plant	3 MW	Cancelled	2.5 km

Grid operator and place

London Power Networks plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom2,633
Substations in the United Kingdom4,347
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Grid connections attached to this substation

Barkantine CHP grid connection1.34 MW
Riverside South grid connection5.7 MW

Candidate sites around this substation

8 sites of land near West Ferry Circus 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.

1.58 ha brownfield site at 82 West India Dock Road incorporating land to east, Tower Hamlets0.28 km · score 66
6.83 ha brownfield site at Marsh Wall West, Tower Hamlets0.73 km · score 60
5.05 ha brownfield site at Millharbour, Tower Hamlets0.95 km · score 56
4.02 ha brownfield site at Millharbour South, Tower Hamlets1.36 km · score 50
21 ha brownfield site at Harmsworth Quays, Surrey Quays Leisure Park, Surrey Quays Shopping…, Southwark1.79 km · score 48
1.3 ha brownfield site at Former Mulberry Business Park, Canada Street, Quebec Way, Southwark1.51 km · score 47
3.66 ha brownfield site at Decathlon And What Surrey Quays Road SE16 2XU, Southwark1.73 km · score 44
1.48 ha brownfield site at Decathalon Site and Mulberry Business Park, Southwark1.77 km · score 43

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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.
UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.