Substation · the United Kingdom

Arrowe PK Hosp T1 / Champion Plugs T1 / Champion Plugs T2 / Woodchurch T1 Substation

Name: Arrowe PK Hosp T1 / Champion Plugs T1 / Champion Plugs T2 / Woodchurch T1
Address: GB

Arrowe PK Hosp T1 / Champion Plugs T1 / Champion Plugs T2 / Woodchurch T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 20.2 MVA of demand headroom and 1.15 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.3766, -3.0993 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	ARROWE PK HOSP T1 / CHAMPION PLUGS T1 / CHAMPION PLUGS T2 / WOODCHURCH T1	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	20.2 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	1.15 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	30 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	53.3766, -3.0993	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: 317 grid connections (219 operating, 2,473 MW), 309 power plants (98 operating, 5,359 MW), 7 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 2 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Gas 2.1 MW grid connection at Arrowe PK Hosp T1 / Champion PLUGS T1 / Champion Plugs T2 / Woodchurch T1	Grid connection	2.1 MW	Operating	0.6 km
Leverhulme Estate (Landican Lane) grid connection	Grid connection	50 MW	Planned	2.7 km
Rose Cottage grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Planned	3.9 km
Bidston Moss Landfill Scheme	Power plant	2.3 MW	Operating	4.2 km
Beaufort Road	Power plant	20 MW	Cancelled	4.7 km
Britannia House	Power plant	10 MW	Cancelled	5.0 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	9.1 km
nLighten Chester	Data center	—	—	18 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	25 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Arrowe PK Hosp T1 / Champion Plugs T1 / Champion Plugs T2 / Woodchurch T1 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

5.8 ha brownfield site at Wirral Business Park, Arrowe Brook Road, Upton0.4 km · score 44

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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.