Substation · the United Kingdom

Ellesmere T1 / MMB Ellesmere T1 Substation

Name: Ellesmere T1 / MMB Ellesmere T1
Address: GB

Ellesmere T1 / MMB Ellesmere T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 1.14 MVA of demand headroom and 1.17 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

52.9116, -2.8974 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	ELLESMERE T1 / MMB ELLESMERE 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	1.14 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	1.17 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	9 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	52.9116, -2.8974	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: 241 power plants (84 operating, 3,299 MW), 159 grid connections (117 operating, 1,532 MW), 4 transmission lines, 4 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
Winston Farm, Ellesmere Road - Solar Array	Power plant	1.1 MW	Cancelled	3.2 km
Wood Lane Quarry	Power plant	5 MW	Cancelled	3.7 km
Trench Farm	Power plant	7.2 MW	Operating	4.0 km
Trench Farm Solar Farm grid connection	Grid connection	5 MW	Operating	4.2 km
Anglo Beef Products grid connection	Grid connection	1.16 MW	Operating	6.7 km
Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network	Transmission line	—	Permitted	7.3 km
Ebnal Lodge PV Generation grid connection	Grid connection	5 MW	Operating	8.0 km
Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton	Transmission line	—	Planned	27 km
Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid)	Transmission line	—	Cancelled	28 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Ellesmere T1 / MMB Ellesmere 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.

1.47 ha brownfield site at Old Station Yard, Brownlow Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire0.27 km · score 27
1.8 ha brownfield site at Old Station Yard, Brownlow Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire0.32 km · score 26

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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.