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Barbauld St T1 / Horrocks La T1 / Warrington Central T1 Substation

Barbauld St T1 / Horrocks La T1 / Warrington Central T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 10.7 MVA of demand headroom and 3.51 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

Map: where Barbauld St T1 / Horrocks La T1 / Warrington Central T1 lies
53.3893, -2.5915 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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceBARBAULD ST T1 / HORROCKS LA T1 / WARRINGTON CENTRAL T1SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationUnited KingdomSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom10.7 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom3.51 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity20 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.3893, -2.5915SP 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: 508 grid connections (308 operating, 3,213 MW), 426 power plants (133 operating, 4,994 MW), 18 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Warrington Home Solar SchemePower plant5.3 MWOperating0.6 km
Gas 16 MW grid connection at Sankey Bridges GT3 / Warrington GT5Grid connection16 MWOperating0.7 km
Kerfoot Power grid connectionGrid connection4.05 MWOperating1.3 km
Infinis Arpley (618999440) grid connectionGrid connection24 MWPlanned2.0 km
Former St Michaels Golf CoursePower plant1 MWUnder construction3.2 km
Verizon WarringtonData center——3.5 km
Arpley Landfill Scheme 'A'Power plant7.9 MWOperating3.7 km
Iron MountainData center——3.8 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)Data center——10 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Barbauld St T1 / Horrocks La T1 / Warrington Central 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.

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