Substation · the United Kingdom

Bedburn DV T1 / Bluebell La T1 / Brookbridge T1 / Eccleston T1 / IND EST Earlsfield T1 Substation

Name: Bedburn DV T1 / Bluebell La T1 / Brookbridge T1 / Eccleston T1 / IND EST Earlsfield T1
Address: GB

Bedburn DV T1 / Bluebell La T1 / Brookbridge T1 / Eccleston T1 / IND EST Earlsfield T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 14.5 MVA of demand headroom and 9.65 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4340, -2.7939 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	BEDBURN DV T1 / BLUEBELL LA T1 / BROOKBRIDGE T1 / ECCLESTON T1 / IND EST EARLSFIELD 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	14.5 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	9.65 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	53.4340, -2.7939	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: 503 grid connections (310 operating, 3,243 MW), 405 power plants (122 operating, 4,862 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Prescot WTW grid connection	Grid connection	3.72 MW	Operating	0.5 km
Alexandra Park grid connection	Grid connection	15 MW	Operating	3.2 km
St Helens Green Hydrogen Facility	Power plant	15 MW	Permitted	3.7 km
Ravenhead Glassworks Bioenergy Plant	Power plant	2 MW	Cancelled	3.8 km
M & D Business Park grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Operating	3.8 km
Sutton Heath Road	Power plant	15 MW	Cancelled	3.9 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	11 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	11 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	13 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Bedburn DV T1 / Bluebell La T1 / Brookbridge T1 / Eccleston T1 / IND EST Earlsfield 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.

1.58 ha brownfield site at Former Gasworks, Moss Street, Prescot, Knowsley0.54 km · score 36

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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.