RARE CONTEXT Request research

Substation · the United Kingdom

Ditton T1 / Gavin RD T1 / Hough Green T1 / RTZ T1 Substation

Ditton T1 / Gavin RD T1 / Hough Green T1 / RTZ T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 12.9 MVA of demand headroom and 6.28 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

Map: where Ditton T1 / Gavin RD T1 / Hough Green T1 / RTZ T1 lies
53.3792, -2.7753 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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceDITTON T1 / GAVIN RD T1 / HOUGH GREEN T1 / RTZ T1SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationUnited KingdomSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom12.9 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom6.28 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity30 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.3792, -2.7753SP 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: 489 grid connections (306 operating, 3,151 MW), 398 power plants (125 operating, 4,927 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery StoragePower plant14 MWPermitted2.4 km
Ditton Road - Solar MicrogridPower plant4 MWPermitted2.5 km
Ditton Road grid connectionGrid connection6.1 MWPlanned3.1 km
Stobart Park grid connectionGrid connection20 MWOperating3.2 km
Widnes 3MG Biomass/Mersey Bioenergy (CHP) PlantPower plant20 MWOperating3.2 km
Granox grid connectionGrid connection15 MWOperating3.6 km
The Babbage CentreData center——6.9 km
Iron MountainData center——10 km
Verizon WarringtonData center——12 km

Grid operator and place

More from SP Manweb plc

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Ditton T1 / Gavin RD T1 / Hough Green T1 / RTZ T1 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in the United Kingdom

All 4347 substations in the United Kingdom

Data on this page