Substation · the United Kingdom

Coppenhall GT1 / Crewe GT1 / Crewe GT2A / Crewe GT4A / Radway Green GT1 / Radway Green GT2 / Whitchurch GT2 Substation

Name: Coppenhall GT1 / Crewe GT1 / Crewe GT2A / Crewe GT4A / Radway Green GT1 / Radway Green GT2 / Whitchurch GT2
Address: GB

Coppenhall GT1 / Crewe GT1 / Crewe GT2A / Crewe GT4A / Radway Green GT1 / Radway Green GT2 / Whitchurch GT2 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 157 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.0841, -2.3365 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	COPPENHALL GT1 / CREWE GT1 / CREWE GT2A / CREWE GT4A / RADWAY GREEN GT1 / RADWAY GREEN GT2 / WHITCHURCH 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
Generation headroom	157 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	197 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	53.0841, -2.3365	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: 365 power plants (111 operating, 2,977 MW), 291 grid connections (193 operating, 2,094 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Cowley Power 1 grid connection	Grid connection	3.59 MW	Operating	6.0 km
Middlewich Road - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage	Power plant	5 MW	Cancelled	6.1 km
Middlewich Road - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage	Power plant	25 MW	Cancelled	6.1 km
Maw Green No 1 grid connection	Grid connection	1.7 MW	Operating	6.3 km
Maw Green No 2 grid connection	Grid connection	3.2 MW	Operating	6.3 km
Maw Green Landfill Site	Power plant	1.6 MW	Operating	6.5 km
Internet Central data center, England	Data center	—	—	10.0 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	10 km
Keuper Gas Storage Project	Gas storage facility	—	Permitted	17 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Coppenhall GT1 / Crewe GT1 / Crewe GT2A / Crewe GT4A / Radway Green GT1 / Radway Green GT2 / Whitchurch GT2 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

9.03 ha brownfield site at Former Manchester Metropolitan University Campus, Alsager, Cheshire East1.81 km · score 4

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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.