Substation · England, United Kingdom
West Park Substation
West Park Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 3.67 MVA of demand headroom and 8.14 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) 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 (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 3.67 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 8.14 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 12 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 | Kirkstall C/Ring Road Horsforth | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Kirkstall B | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8387, -1.5930 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 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.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 415 grid connections (210 operating, 2,065 MW), 371 power plants (108 operating, 6,619 MW), 9 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 15 MW grid connection at University Clarendon Way | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Battery storage 60 MW grid connection at Redcote Lane Direct | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Redcote Lane, Armley - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 60 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Leeds South BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Buslingthorpe Green - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 4.3 km |
| Buslingthorpe Power Station (Leeds North) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near West Park have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.22 ha brownfield site at Spenfield House Otley Road Headingley Leeds LS16 50.59 km · score 25
- 9.34 ha brownfield site at Otley Road - Bodington Hall, Lawnswood LS16, Leeds0.73 km · score 24
- 2.3 ha brownfield site at West Park Centre, LS16, Leeds0.8 km · score 22
- 4.7 ha brownfield site at Government Buildings, Otley Road, LS16 5pu, Leeds0.93 km · score 20
- 2.74 ha brownfield site at Dunstarn Lane, Adel, LS 16, Leeds1.2 km · score 16
- 5.6 ha brownfield site at Eastmoor Tile Lane, Adel, LS16, Leeds1.98 km · score 4
- 1.51 ha brownfield site at Adel Eastmoor, Leeds2.09 km · score 4
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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.