Substation · England, United Kingdom
Worsbrough Park Substation
Worsbrough Park Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 10.3 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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 | 10.3 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | West Melton | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | West Melton Section 3 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red 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 | 53.5175, -1.4617 | 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: 475 power plants (148 operating, 10,803 MW), 430 grid connections (219 operating, 2,325 MW), 12 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 40 MW grid connection at Hunningley BESS Direct | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Barnsley Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Jakto Transport grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 3.9 km |
| Grimethorpe Biomass Gasification Power Plant | Power plant | 42 MW | Cancelled | 4.0 km |
| Gas 8 MW grid connection at Aldham | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Mitchells Industrial Park, Bradberry Balk Lane - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 26 MW | Cancelled | 4.1 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Worsbrough 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.
- 42 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley0.05 km · score 51
- 31 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 27538506)0.0 km · score 48
- 36 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 27581434)0.19 km · score 47
- 210 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.91 km · score 42
- 30 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley0.57 km · score 39
- 43 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.0 km · score 37
- 31 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 53835650)1.03 km · score 33
- 29 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.05 km · score 32
- 34 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.71 km · score 23
- 36 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 43974554)1.86 km · score 22
- 1.5 ha brownfield site at West street, worsbrough dale, barnsley1.21 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.
- 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.