Substation · the United Kingdom

Bass Charrington T1 / Bass Charrington T2 / Clifton T1 / YKK T1 Substation

Name: Bass Charrington T1 / Bass Charrington T2 / Clifton T1 / YKK T1
Address: GB

Bass Charrington T1 / Bass Charrington T2 / Clifton T1 / YKK T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 15 MVA of demand headroom and 3.55 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.3203, -2.7166 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	BASS CHARRINGTON T1 / BASS CHARRINGTON T2 / CLIFTON T1 / YKK 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	15 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	3.55 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	53.3203, -2.7166	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: 450 grid connections (287 operating, 2,949 MW), 385 power plants (120 operating, 4,923 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
Rocksavage Power Company Ltd	Power plant	810 MW	Operating	0.6 km
Cholmondeley Road - Battery Storage	Power plant	150 MW	Cancelled	0.7 km
Clifton La grid connection	Grid connection	150 MW	Planned	1.0 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	1.2 km
Weston Point Diesel 2 grid connection	Grid connection	1.6 MW	Operating	1.7 km
Weston Point Gas 45 grid connection	Grid connection	45 MW	Operating	1.7 km
Runcorn EfW	Power plant	100 MW	Operating	2.3 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	12 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	14 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

4 sites of land near Bass Charrington T1 / Bass Charrington T2 / Clifton T1 / YKK 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.

1.37 ha brownfield site at Land to the rear of Gaunts Way, Hallwood Park, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1704828)0.82 km · score 33
1.37 ha brownfield site at Land to the rear of Gaunts Way, Hallwood Park, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1741560)0.82 km · score 33
1.74 ha brownfield site at The Heath Offices, Heath Road South, Runcorn, Halton1.33 km · score 25
4.26 ha brownfield site at Land at The Heath Business Park, Heath Road South, Runcorn, Halton1.38 km · score 24

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.