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Substation · the United Kingdom

Barnston T1 / Gayton T1 / Irby T1 / Thingwall T1 Substation

Barnston T1 / Gayton T1 / Irby T1 / Thingwall T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 12.8 MVA of demand headroom and 6.29 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

Map: where Barnston T1 / Gayton T1 / Irby T1 / Thingwall T1 lies
53.4124, -2.8872 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 sourceBARNSTON T1 / GAYTON T1 / IRBY T1 / THINGWALL 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 headroom12.8 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom6.29 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity30 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
Coordinates53.4124, -2.8872SP 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: 440 grid connections (287 operating, 3,105 MW), 374 power plants (118 operating, 5,504 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
New Broadgreen Hospital grid connectionGrid connection1.5 MWOperating0.7 km
Alder Hey grid connectionGrid connection2 MWOperating0.9 km
Lister Battery Limited - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant6 MWPermitted2.1 km
Carnegie Road grid connectionGrid connection20 MWOperating2.6 km
Carnegie Road (Phase 2)Power plant40 MWCancelled2.7 km
Lister DrivePower plant49.9 MWOperating2.7 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre LiverpoolData center——9.6 km
The Babbage CentreData center——14 km
Iron MountainData center——17 km

Grid operator and place

More from SP Manweb plc

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Barnston T1 / Gayton T1 / Irby T1 / Thingwall 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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