Substation · the United Kingdom

Almatex T1 / St Helens WWTW T1 / Watery La T2 Substation

Name: Almatex T1 / St Helens WWTW T1 / Watery La T2
Address: GB

Almatex T1 / St Helens WWTW T1 / Watery La T2 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 10.7 MVA of demand headroom and 3.2 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4468, -2.7086 on OpenStreetMap

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	ALMATEX T1 / ST HELENS WWTW T1 / WATERY LA T2	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Location	United Kingdom	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operator	SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	10.7 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	3.2 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	18.2 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Level	Primary substation	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage	33 kV (levels 33, 6.6 kV)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.4468, -2.7086	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 514 grid connections (313 operating, 3,268 MW), 420 power plants (126 operating, 4,920 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Ravenhead Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	1.1 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Burtonhead Road	Power plant	30 MW	Cancelled	1.7 km
Greengate grid connection	Grid connection	10 MW	Operating	1.8 km
Lock Street Energy from Waste Plant	Power plant	10.6 MW	Cancelled	1.9 km
Sutton Heath Road	Power plant	15 MW	Cancelled	1.9 km
Watson Street grid connection	Grid connection	10 MW	Operating	1.9 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	5.6 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	6.3 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	7.7 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

5 sites of land near Almatex T1 / St Helens WWTW T1 / Watery La T2 have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

27 ha brownfield site at Moss Nook Urban Village, Watery Lane, St. Helens0.39 km · score 41
1.2 ha brownfield site at Land north of Edward Street, St. Helens Town Centre, WA9 3DP0.32 km · score 36
1.01 ha brownfield site at BT Depot, Sutton Road, St. Helens Town Centre0.44 km · score 34
2.21 ha brownfield site at Land at Somerset Street and Sussex Grove, Parr, WA9 1QN, St. Helens0.51 km · score 33
1.52 ha brownfield site at Site of former Parr Community High School, Fleet Lane/Simms Avenue…, St. Helens0.5 km · score 33

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.