Substation · England, United Kingdom

Atherton BSP

Atherton BSP is a substation in England, United Kingdom.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	ATHERTON BSP	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.5152, -2.5091	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 410 power plants (123 operating, 1,396 MW), 382 grid connections (208 operating, 1,848 MW), 20 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
Coal Pit Lane grid connection	Grid connection	30 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Atherton - Battery energy storage	Power plant	30 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Burneside Mill grid connection	Grid connection	7 MW	Operating	2.9 km
Leigh WWTW grid connection	Grid connection	2.34 MW	Operating	3.4 km
Cleworth Hall Farm	Power plant	5 MW	Cancelled	4.4 km
Bickershaw Lane EfW	Power plant	8 MW	Cancelled	4.7 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	9.7 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042)	Data center	—	—	12 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	12 km

Place

Grid connections attached to this substation

Coal Pit Lane grid connection30 MW

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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.