Substation · England, United Kingdom
Wickford Primary 11kV Substation
Wickford Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 2.2 MVA of demand headroom and 20.7 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 | 2.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 20.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 19.5 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 | 51.6154, 0.5234 | 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: 366 power plants (156 operating, 8,558 MW), 353 grid connections (244 operating, 2,820 MW), 52 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 24.6 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 57 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 150 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Stevensons Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Lords Way grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Basildon STW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Wickford Primary 11kV has 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.