Substation · England, United Kingdom

York Street

York Street is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.42 MVA of demand headroom and 3.98 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	7.42 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	3.98 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	Wakefield Monckton Road	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	53.6860, -1.4986	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 461 grid connections (232 operating, 2,394 MW), 412 power plants (114 operating, 3,993 MW), 11 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
Peacock Avenue grid connection	Grid connection	1.03 MW	Planned	1.4 km
Waste 19 MW grid connection at Monckton Road Diesel Generation	Grid connection	19 MW	Operating	2.2 km
Battery storage 99.9 MW grid connection at Wakefield B BESS Direct	Grid connection	99.9 MW	Planned	2.6 km
Neil Fox Way - Battery Storage	Power plant	99.9 MW	Planned	2.7 km
Neil Fox Way - Battery Storage	Power plant	99.9 MW	Planned	2.7 km
Owlers Farm, Wakefield Road - Solar Farm	Power plant	20 MW	Permitted	4.5 km
nLighten Leeds	Data center	—	—	6.8 km
HSBC Wakefield Data Centre	Data center	—	—	8.2 km
GridJet	Data center	—	—	12 km

Grid operator and place

Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom1,666
Substations in the United Kingdom2,119
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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near York Street has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

32 ha site near York Street substation, Wakefield0.9 km · score 32

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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.