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An update on our work to transform the natural landscape across the Dwyryd Estuary

Members of National Grid’s North Wessex Downs VIP project team recently joined more than a hundred local residents and community leaders in Bromham for a very special occasion: the official reopening of the village’s Community Hub by Her Majesty Queen Camilla

Find out how National Grid engages with communities and supports them through initiatives like school workshops, skills fairs and local partnerships, including the recent Suffolk FutureSkills Fair.

A purpose-built bat barn created as part of the Hinkley Connection Project is thriving as a sanctuary for local bat species, with recent ecological monitoring confirming its growing importance as a year-round habitat.

Our contractors, Balfour Beatty, working on behalf of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project, partnered with volunteers from the Strawberry Line Trust to improve accessibility along Somerset’s much-loved community pathway.

In 2024/25 we selected Cheltenham substation for a habitat management pilot project.

The Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM) begins work at the Tilbury site, part of National Grid’s Grain to Tilbury project, which will future-proof the UK’s electricity transmission network.

Drone flights begin along the proposed Norwich to Tilbury route using advanced technology that reduces the need for on-the-ground surveys.