Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Larkhall Town Substation
Larkhall Town Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 16.5 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | LARKHALL TOWN | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 16.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.7369, -3.9731 | SP Energy 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: 496 power plants (116 operating, 3,369 MW), 286 grid connections (148 operating, 1,663 MW) and 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Line PV grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Rosti Wind Turbine (Strutherhill) grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| The Rosti Factory | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Shaws Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
| Kittymuir Farm | Power plant | 1.6 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| Crookedstone Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Larkhall Town have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.1 ha brownfield site at Raploch Road Larkhall, South Lanarkshire0.46 km · score 40
- 1.47 ha brownfield site at Carlisle Road Larkhall, South Lanarkshire1.08 km · score 30
- 8.35 ha brownfield site at Burnhead Road Larkhall, South Lanarkshire1.81 km · score 20
- 6.52 ha brownfield site at Merryton Larkhall, South Lanarkshire1.85 km · score 19
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.