Substation · the United Kingdom
Castle Beeston St T1 / Hartford T2 / Leicester St T1 / Northwich Town T1 / Winnington T1 Substation
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).
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 | 53.2633, -2.5414 | 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: 443 grid connections (277 operating, 2,828 MW), 397 power plants (118 operating, 4,583 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 | 0.5 km |
| Wallerscote Limebeds - Solar Pv Park | Power plant | 22 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| Lostock | Power plant | 60 MW | Under construction | 2.4 km |
| Dong grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Griffiths Road grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Roberts Bakery grid connection | Grid connection | 1.56 MW | Planned | 4.4 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 7.1 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 8.1 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 14 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 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.
- 45 ha brownfield site at Winnington Urban Village, Winnington Avenue, Northwich-Island site, Cheshire West and Chester0.16 km · score 56
- 45 ha brownfield site at Land off Whitby Drive, Winnington Urban Village, Winnington, Cheshire West and Chester0.17 km · score 56
- 2.91 ha brownfield site at Yoxalls Joinery, Winnington Avenue, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester0.28 km · score 42
- 6.02 ha brownfield site at Land east of Winnington Avenue, Winnington, Cheshire West and Chester0.87 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.