Substation · the United Kingdom

BICC Huyton Quarry T1 / Tarbock T1 / Whiston T1 Substation

Name: BICC Huyton Quarry T1 / Tarbock T1 / Whiston T1
Address: GB

BICC Huyton Quarry T1 / Tarbock T1 / Whiston T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 12.2 MVA of demand headroom and 0.1 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4050, -2.8103 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	BICC HUYTON QUARRY T1 / TARBOCK T1 / WHISTON 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	12.2 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	0.1 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	53.4050, -2.8103	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: 488 grid connections (306 operating, 3,181 MW), 402 power plants (123 operating, 4,917 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.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Huyton WwTW grid connection	Grid connection	1.24 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Prescot WTW grid connection	Grid connection	3.72 MW	Operating	3.5 km
Woolton WwTW grid connection	Grid connection	1.01 MW	Operating	3.7 km
Sutton Manor - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	57 MW	Cancelled	5.2 km
Revo Project - Renewable Power Plant	Power plant	4 MW	Cancelled	5.8 km
Ford Halewood Transmissions Spekere, Boulevard - Solar Array	Power plant	1.26 MW	Permitted	5.8 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	10 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	12 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	13 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near BICC Huyton Quarry T1 / Tarbock T1 / Whiston 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.

15 ha brownfield site at Land North Of M62 Motorway Off Windy Arbor Road (Halsnead) Whiston…, Knowsley0.63 km · score 36
1.1 ha brownfield site at Land At Windy Arbor Brow / Windy Arbor Road Whiston Knowsley0.4 km · score 36
7.2 ha brownfield site at Land North Of M62 Motorway Off Windy Arbor Road (Halsnead) Whiston…, Knowsley0.53 km · score 35

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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.