Substation · the United Kingdom

Birkenhead Central T1 / Singleton Ave T1 / Tranmere T1 Substation

Name: Birkenhead Central T1 / Singleton Ave T1 / Tranmere T1
Address: GB

Birkenhead Central T1 / Singleton Ave T1 / Tranmere T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 9.04 MVA of demand headroom and 3.79 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.3905, -3.0218 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	BIRKENHEAD CENTRAL T1 / SINGLETON AVE T1 / TRANMERE 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	9.04 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	3.79 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	18.2 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, 6.6 kV)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.3905, -3.0218	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: 359 grid connections (239 operating, 2,756 MW), 335 power plants (105 operating, 5,490 MW), 9 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
Mersey Tidal Power Project	Power plant	1,000 MW	Planned	2.0 km
Gas 20 MW grid connection at Wallasey GT1 / Wallasey GT2 / Woodside GT2	Grid connection	20 MW	Operating	2.1 km
Beaufort Road	Power plant	20 MW	Cancelled	2.2 km
Museum Mann Island grid connection	Grid connection	1 MW	Operating	2.5 km
Britannia House	Power plant	10 MW	Cancelled	2.6 km
Burbo Bank grid connection	Grid connection	90 MW	Operating	3.3 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	6.2 km
nLighten Chester	Data center	—	—	17 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	21 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Birkenhead Central T1 / Singleton Ave T1 / Tranmere 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.

11 ha brownfield site at Land to the north of Pyramids Shopping centre (incorporating land…, Wirral0.2 km · score 38
15 ha brownfield site at Land at Hind Street, Tranmere, Wirral0.38 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.