Substation · the United Kingdom

Blundellsands (North) T1 / Blundellsands (South) T1 / Crosby T1 / Kershaw Ave T1 / Waterloo T2 Substation

Name: Blundellsands (North) T1 / Blundellsands (South) T1 / Crosby T1 / Kershaw Ave T1 / Waterloo T2
Address: GB

Blundellsands (North) T1 / Blundellsands (South) T1 / Crosby T1 / Kershaw Ave T1 / Waterloo T2 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 15.9 MVA of demand headroom and 7.91 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4756, -3.0282 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	BLUNDELLSANDS (NORTH) T1 / BLUNDELLSANDS (SOUTH) T1 / CROSBY T1 / KERSHAW AVE T1 / WATERLOO T2	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	15.9 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	7.91 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	37.5 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	53.4756, -3.0282	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: 376 grid connections (252 operating, 2,745 MW), 326 power plants (99 operating, 5,267 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
North Seaforth grid connection	Grid connection	30 MW	Planned	0.8 km
Royal Seaforth Dock, New Jenkins Sheds - Solar Panels	Power plant	2.05 MW	Permitted	1.1 km
Royal Seaforth Dock Wind Farm	Power plant	3 MW	Operating	1.2 km
Seaforth Wind Farm grid connection	Grid connection	3 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Strand Gate grid connection	Grid connection	35 MW	Operating	2.9 km
Port of Liverpool - wind	Power plant	10 MW	Operating	3.3 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	15 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	26 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	26 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Blundellsands (North) T1 / Blundellsands (South) T1 / Crosby T1 / Kershaw Ave T1 / Waterloo T2 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.22 ha brownfield site at Park House, Park Road, Crosby & Hightown, Sefton0.45 km · score 39

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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.