Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Old Bridge Road Substation
Old Bridge Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.9 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 | OLD BRIDGE ROAD | 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 | 14.9 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 | 55.4765, -4.5928 | 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: 369 power plants (79 operating, 3,057 MW), 175 grid connections (94 operating, 1,052 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmston Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Under construction | 2.0 km |
| NATS Prestwick grid connection | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Holmston Farm (Previously Broomfield Lodge) grid connection | Grid connection | 66 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Belston Battery Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 3.4 km |
| Braston New Energy | Power plant | 500 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Lochfergus Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.3 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Old Bridge Road have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.36 ha brownfield site at Heathfield AYR, South Ayrshire0.48 km · score 38
- 2.44 ha brownfield site at Heathfield Commercial Centre A AYR, South Ayrshire0.53 km · score 37
- 19 ha brownfield site at Heathfield AYR, South Ayrshire0.9 km · score 36
- 5.87 ha brownfield site at Heathfield Road (Alexanders) AYR, South Ayrshire0.64 km · score 36
- 11 ha brownfield site at West Sanquhar Road AYR, South Ayrshire1.12 km · score 30
- 2.12 ha brownfield site at SAC Gibbsyard South Auchincruive AYR, South Ayrshire2.09 km · score 15
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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.