Substation · England, United Kingdom
Wroughton Primary
Wroughton Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.1 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution 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 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 11.1 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 12 / 24MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Minety GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Toothill BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity & substation fault level) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5323, -1.7931 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 335 power plants (131 operating, 2,184 MW), 222 grid connections (123 operating, 1,349 MW), 10 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Farm | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Lower Basset Down Farm | Power plant | 10.5 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Wroughton Air Field grid connection | Grid connection | 46.1 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Common Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Common Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 2.62 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Building ONE | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Under construction | 2.4 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Wroughton Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 89 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.06 km · score 65
- 239 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon1.56 km · score 48
- 68 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.77 km · score 48
- 60 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.98 km · score 43
- 32 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.61 km · score 40
- 30 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.83 km · score 36
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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.