Substation · England, United Kingdom
Whiston Rd 11kV Substation
Whiston Rd 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.8 MVA of demand headroom and 51.4 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | 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 | 7.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 51.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 48 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 | 51.5354, -0.0682 | 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: 379 grid connections (263 operating, 2,567 MW), 375 power plants (133 operating, 5,260 MW), 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| colt data center, England | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Digital Realty London LON3 | Data center | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Redcentric London City | Data center | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Central Street/ Mitchel St grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Oil 3.2 MW grid connection at Osborn St B 11kV | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Olympic Park Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 3.9 km |
| King's Yard | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Whiston Rd 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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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.