Substation · the United Kingdom
Appleton T1 / Hornsbridge T1 / Lugsdale T2 Substation
Appleton T1 / Hornsbridge T1 / Lugsdale T2 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 4.11 MVA of demand headroom and 4.47 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).
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 | APPLETON T1 / HORNSBRIDGE T1 / LUGSDALE 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 | 4.11 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 4.47 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 20 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, 11 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3853, -2.7163 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 498 grid connections (309 operating, 3,118 MW), 406 power plants (127 operating, 4,927 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYK Additives grid connection | Grid connection | 2.5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Union Bank Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Shell Green grid connection | Grid connection | 3.55 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Mowcroft Solar Farm | Power plant | 27.2 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Johnson's Lane | Power plant | 5 MW | Unknown | 2.4 km |
| Johnson's Lane - Halton | Power plant | 3.5 MW | Cancelled | 2.4 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Appleton T1 / Hornsbridge T1 / Lugsdale T2 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 5.24 ha brownfield site at Former Eternit, Derby Road, Widnes, Halton0.39 km · score 28
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.