Substation · the United Kingdom

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

Name: Barbauld St T1 / Horrocks La T1 / Warrington Central T1
Address: GB

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).

53.3863, -2.5930 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	BARBAULD ST T1 / HORROCKS LA T1 / WARRINGTON CENTRAL 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	10.7 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	3.51 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	53.3863, -2.5930	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: 506 grid connections (307 operating, 3,209 MW), 424 power plants (131 operating, 4,973 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.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Gas 16 MW grid connection at Sankey Bridges GT3 / Warrington GT5	Grid connection	16 MW	Operating	0.4 km
Warrington Home Solar Scheme	Power plant	5.3 MW	Operating	0.5 km
Kerfoot Power grid connection	Grid connection	4.05 MW	Operating	1.7 km
Infinis Arpley (618999440) grid connection	Grid connection	24 MW	Planned	1.7 km
Former St Michaels Golf Course	Power plant	1 MW	Under construction	2.8 km
Arpley Landfill Scheme 'A'	Power plant	7.9 MW	Operating	3.5 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	3.8 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	4.0 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	10 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near Barbauld St T1 / Horrocks La T1 / Warrington Central T1 have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.13 ha brownfield site at Warrington Civils & Lintels, Wilson Patten Street, Warrington0.11 km · score 39
1.31 ha brownfield site at Warrington Borough Transport Depot, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington0.33 km · score 36
1.9 ha brownfield site at Former Wilderspool Stadium, Priory Street, Warrington0.56 km · score 32

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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.