Substation · the United Kingdom

Bootle GT2A / Burlington St GT1 / Lister DV A GT2 Substation

Name: Bootle GT2A / Burlington St GT1 / Lister DV A GT2
Address: GB

Bootle GT2A / Burlington St GT1 / Lister DV A GT2 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 61.9 MVA of demand headroom and 93.1 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4566, -2.9858 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	BOOTLE GT2A / BURLINGTON ST GT1 / LISTER DV A 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	61.9 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	93.1 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	138 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	53.4566, -2.9858	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: 393 grid connections (263 operating, 2,900 MW), 337 power plants (104 operating, 5,371 MW), 15 data centers, 4 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
Hawthorne Road grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Planned	0.4 km
Hawthorne Road	Power plant	20 MW	Under construction	0.4 km
Port of Liverpool - wind	Power plant	10 MW	Operating	1.3 km
Crosby Power grid connection	Grid connection	4.3 MW	Operating	1.3 km
Strand Gate grid connection	Grid connection	35 MW	Operating	1.4 km
Alexandra Dock	Power plant	30 MW	Cancelled	1.4 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	13 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	22 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	23 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

5 sites of land near Bootle GT2A / Burlington St GT1 / Lister DV A GT2 have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

6.24 ha brownfield site at Bootle Gasworks, Litherland Road, Bootle, Sefton0.26 km · score 66
3.2 ha brownfield site at Litherland House, Litherland Road, Bootle, Sefton0.26 km · score 66
2.93 ha brownfield site at Former People’s site, Linacre Lane, Bootle, Sefton0.38 km · score 64
4.88 ha brownfield site at Site 4, Club, Depot & 501-509, Sefton0.55 km · score 62
2.61 ha brownfield site at 503 - 509, Hawthorne Road, Bootle, Sefton0.55 km · score 62

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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.