Hinkley Connection Project: latest news Map and timeline In your area Latest news FAQs Community investment Future access Contact us Home National Grid Electricity Transmission Network and infrastructure Hinkley Connection Project Stories from across the Hinkley Connection Project National Grid funds new café giving ex-offenders in Bristol a new start 11 Jul 2025 £100,000 investment from the Hinkley Connection Project helps bring rehabilitation and skills programme to life Westhay Moor Nature Reserve made picture perfect with National Grid Community Grant Funding 11 Jul 2025 Somerset Wildlife Trust is improving habitats for wildlife and increasing public access to Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve with a little help from National Grid’s community grant programme. Essential power upgrade complete between Shurton and Bridgwater 11 Jul 2025 The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the upgrade of 17km of overhead electricity lines between Shurton and Bridgwater from 275kV to 400kV. River Axe bridge removal marks significant milestone in the Mendip Hills 11 Jul 2025 A 40-metre, 90-tonne bridge over the River Axe near Loxton has been removed as part of the Hinkley Connection Project reinstatement works. Works near completion at complex Bridgwater site 5 Dec 2024 On Horsey Levels north of Bridgwater, complex engineering works to modify the electricity network are almost complete. Diverted overhead line transferred back to permanent location near Bridgwater 27 Nov 2024 The Hinkley Connection team have been undertaking complex engineering works to return the overhead line back to its original location, following a temporary diversion. Load More
National Grid funds new café giving ex-offenders in Bristol a new start 11 Jul 2025 £100,000 investment from the Hinkley Connection Project helps bring rehabilitation and skills programme to life
Westhay Moor Nature Reserve made picture perfect with National Grid Community Grant Funding 11 Jul 2025 Somerset Wildlife Trust is improving habitats for wildlife and increasing public access to Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve with a little help from National Grid’s community grant programme.
Essential power upgrade complete between Shurton and Bridgwater 11 Jul 2025 The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the upgrade of 17km of overhead electricity lines between Shurton and Bridgwater from 275kV to 400kV.
River Axe bridge removal marks significant milestone in the Mendip Hills 11 Jul 2025 A 40-metre, 90-tonne bridge over the River Axe near Loxton has been removed as part of the Hinkley Connection Project reinstatement works.
Works near completion at complex Bridgwater site 5 Dec 2024 On Horsey Levels north of Bridgwater, complex engineering works to modify the electricity network are almost complete.
Diverted overhead line transferred back to permanent location near Bridgwater 27 Nov 2024 The Hinkley Connection team have been undertaking complex engineering works to return the overhead line back to its original location, following a temporary diversion.
