Substation · the United Kingdom

British Aluminium Latchford T1 / Greenhall Whitley T1 / Latchford T1 / Latchford T2 Substation

Name: British Aluminium Latchford T1 / Greenhall Whitley T1 / Latchford T1 / Latchford T2
Address: GB

British Aluminium Latchford T1 / Greenhall Whitley T1 / Latchford T1 / Latchford T2 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 14.8 MVA of demand headroom and 5.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.3764, -2.5840 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	BRITISH ALUMINIUM LATCHFORD T1 / GREENHALL WHITLEY T1 / LATCHFORD T1 / LATCHFORD 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	14.8 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	5.5 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	30 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	53.3764, -2.5840	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: 502 grid connections (308 operating, 3,202 MW), 423 power plants (132 operating, 4,976 MW), 18 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Gas 16 MW grid connection at Sankey Bridges GT3 / Warrington GT5	Grid connection	16 MW	Operating	1.2 km
Warrington Home Solar Scheme	Power plant	5.3 MW	Operating	1.7 km
Infinis Arpley (618999440) grid connection	Grid connection	24 MW	Planned	2.0 km
Former St Michaels Golf Course	Power plant	1 MW	Under construction	2.1 km
Warrington North Wastewater Treatment Works grid connection	Grid connection	1.1 MW	Operating	2.8 km
Arpley Landfill Scheme 'A'	Power plant	7.9 MW	Operating	3.8 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	5.0 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	5.2 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	12 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

4 sites of land near British Aluminium Latchford T1 / Greenhall Whitley T1 / Latchford T1 / Latchford T2 have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

2.44 ha brownfield site at Land adjacent to Colas, Loushers Lane, south east of Priestley College, Warrington0.33 km · score 40
2.27 ha brownfield site at Causeway Park, Central Avenue, off Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington0.55 km · score 37
2.22 ha brownfield site at Scottish Power, Central Avenue, off Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington0.63 km · score 35
17 ha brownfield site at Spectra Building & Drivetime Golf Range, South of Centre Park…, Warrington1.09 km · score 32

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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.