Substation · the United Kingdom

Castle Beeston St T1 / Hartford T2 / Leicester St T1 / Northwich Town T1 / Winnington T1 Substation

Name: Castle Beeston St T1 / Hartford T2 / Leicester St T1 / Northwich Town T1 / Winnington T1
Address: GB

Castle Beeston St T1 / Hartford T2 / Leicester St T1 / Northwich Town T1 / Winnington T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 16.4 MVA of demand headroom and 5.76 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.2557, -2.5208 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	CASTLE BEESTON ST T1 / HARTFORD T2 / LEICESTER ST T1 / NORTHWICH TOWN T1 / WINNINGTON T1	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	16.4 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	5.76 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	53.2557, -2.5208	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: 438 grid connections (275 operating, 2,804 MW), 389 power plants (113 operating, 4,487 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
Wallerscote Limebeds - Battery Energy Storage	Power plant	30 MW	Permitted	1.2 km
Wallerscote Limebeds - Solar Pv Park	Power plant	22 MW	Permitted	1.2 km
Lostock	Power plant	60 MW	Under construction	1.2 km
Roberts Bakery grid connection	Grid connection	1.56 MW	Planned	2.9 km
Dong grid connection	Grid connection	6 MW	Operating	3.0 km
Griffiths Road grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Operating	3.1 km
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	5.5 km
Keuper Gas Storage Project	Gas storage facility	—	Permitted	6.5 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	13 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Castle Beeston St T1 / Hartford T2 / Leicester St T1 / Northwich Town T1 / Winnington T1 have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.12 ha brownfield site at Land west of Queen Street, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester0.44 km · score 40
2.98 ha brownfield site at Land at Weaver Shipyard, Saxons Lane, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester0.84 km · score 34

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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.
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.