# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Houghton & Stanwix Rural Community Meeting - National Grid Cross Border Connection 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: A community meeting for residents of North Carlisle/Cumbria to understand the proposed National Grid Cross Border Connection - a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project affecting Carlisle.

The project concerns the construction of the largest consented Mega Substation in England at 74 acres (larger than Talkin Tarn) and 17 miles of 400kv Pylons connecting Scotland to England - Pylons of a scale and presence described as the motorways of electricity transmission.

At it's formative stage, National Grid are consulting on 2x sites for the mega substation with one located in Blackford with far reaching implications for communities surrounding ground zero for generations to come.

All communities across North Carlisle/Cumbria are welcome to attend.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/carlisle/houghton-and-stanwix-rural-community-meeting-national-grid-cross-border-connection/200030559761224
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 31

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Carlisle
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Houghton Village Hall
- **lat**: 54.924429182673
- **long**: -2.9244232177734
- **full address**: Houghton Village Hall, Carlisle, United Kingdom

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Houghton & Stanwix Rural Community Meeting - National Grid Cross Border Connection  being held?
  - **A:** Houghton & Stanwix Rural Community Meeting - National Grid Cross Border Connection  takes place on Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Houghton Village Hall, Carlisle, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Houghton & Stanwix Rural Community Meeting - National Grid Cross Border Connection ?
  - **A:** Houghton & Stanwix Rural Community Meeting - National Grid Cross Border Connection  is organized by Allan Harty.

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