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Locations and characteristics of electricity substations (33 kV or larger), Great Britain, 2018

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

The data consists of names, types, voltages, constraint status and national grid references for 56,865 electricity substations (33 kV or larger) in Great Britain in 2018. It was compiled from information on individual transmission or distribution network operator websites and interpreted to produce a classification of constraint status (where applicable). The data set was compiled from information on individual transmission or distribution network operator websites. The work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council Award NE/M019713/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2022-10-24
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Lovett, A.A., Sünnenberg, G. (2022). Locations and characteristics of electricity substations (33 kV or larger), Great Britain, 2018. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2
Responsible party
University of East Anglia (author, pointOfContact); (publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng