Substation · United Kingdom
St John's Wood substation
Operator National Grid
Not statedData checked 11 November 2026
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St John's Wood substation is a substation on the edge of Chalk Farm, United Kingdom. Its status in the OpenStreetMap is not stated. There are 127 other energy sites within 10 km, 8 of them grid sites. The register holds one incident at this site, the latest in 2025.
Incidents on the register at this site
The St John's Wood electrical substation, on Cunningham Place / Aberdeen Place in St John's Wood, London, operated and owned by UK Power Networks, caught fire for the second time in two weeks. Firefighters were called at 2.10pm on 12 May 2025 after fire broke...
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The site
- Technology
- Substation (400 kV substation)
- Status
- Not stated (Mapped in OpenStreetMap; the map does not say whether it is running)
- Operator
- National Grid
- Location
- , United Kingdom
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Questions
- Has St John's Wood substation had a fire or other incident?
- Yes. The register holds one incident that names it: St John's Wood electrical substation, London, catches fire twice in two weeks (EIR-0489, 2025).
- What is the status of St John's Wood substation?
- Not stated, in the OpenStreetMap.
- Where is St John's Wood substation?
- On the edge of Chalk Farm, United Kingdom.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database Licence (ODbL), openstreetmap.org/copyright. The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).