Substation · the United Kingdom
Bold G4A / Prescot GT1B / Widnes GT1 / Widnes GT2 Substation
Bold G4A / Prescot GT1B / Widnes GT1 / Widnes GT2 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 23.6 MVA of demand headroom and 86.3 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).
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 | BOLD G4A / PRESCOT GT1B / WIDNES GT1 / WIDNES GT2 | 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 | 23.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 86.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 111 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4224, -2.8021 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 498 grid connections (310 operating, 3,268 MW), 402 power plants (121 operating, 4,900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescot WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 3.72 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Huyton WwTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.24 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Alexandra Park grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Sutton Manor - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 57 MW | Cancelled | 4.4 km |
| St Helens Green Hydrogen Facility | Power plant | 15 MW | Permitted | 4.7 km |
| Ravenhead Glassworks Bioenergy Plant | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 4.8 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Bold G4A / Prescot GT1B / Widnes GT1 / Widnes GT2 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.25 ha brownfield site at Carr Lane, Knowsley0.63 km · score 44
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.