Substation · the United Kingdom
Bromborough GT3 / Rock Ferry GT2 Substation
Bromborough GT3 / Rock Ferry GT2 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 21.8 MVA of demand headroom and 37 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 | BROMBOROUGH GT3 / ROCK FERRY 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 | 21.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 37 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 71.4 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 | 53.3644, -3.0047 | 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: 362 grid connections (242 operating, 2,727 MW), 342 power plants (109 operating, 5,491 MW), 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Waste Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Lever Sunlight grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Bromborough Dock | Power plant | 3.7 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Mersey Wharf grid connection | Grid connection | 16.8 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Mersey Tidal Power Project | Power plant | 1,000 MW | Planned | 4.7 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Bromborough GT3 / Rock Ferry 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.
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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.
- 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.