Substation · the United Kingdom

DODDS La T1 / Holborn Hill T1 / Maghull T1 / Maghull T2 / Robbins Bridge T1 Substation

Name: DODDS La T1 / Holborn Hill T1 / Maghull T1 / Maghull T2 / Robbins Bridge T1
Address: GB

DODDS La T1 / Holborn Hill T1 / Maghull T1 / Maghull T2 / Robbins Bridge T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 11.9 MVA of demand headroom and 7.69 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.5190, -2.9383 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	DODDS LA T1 / HOLBORN HILL T1 / MAGHULL T1 / MAGHULL T2 / ROBBINS BRIDGE 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	11.9 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	7.69 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	53.5190, -2.9383	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: 423 grid connections (271 operating, 2,983 MW), 350 power plants (110 operating, 5,467 MW), 15 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
Gerard Hall Solar Farm	Power plant	17 MW	Cancelled	2.3 km
Back Lane Solar Farm	Power plant	5 MW	Cancelled	2.6 km
Lower Alt Wind Farm	Power plant	42 MW	Cancelled	3.8 km
Heysham Power GEN grid connection	Grid connection	4 MW	Operating	4.2 km
Hillhouse Sewage Works grid connection	Grid connection	1.28 MW	Operating	4.4 km
Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection	Grid connection	1.25 MW	Operating	4.4 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	20 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	20 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	23 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near DODDS La T1 / Holborn Hill T1 / Maghull T1 / Maghull T2 / Robbins Bridge 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.

14 ha brownfield site at Fmr Ashworth Hospital Site (South), School Lane, Maghull, Sefton1.44 km · score 23

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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.
SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.