Substation · England, United Kingdom

Blackley

Blackley is a substation in England, United Kingdom.

We hold more on this asset.Demand headroom, generation headroom, grid operator, location, level, fed from and voltage: available on request.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	BLACKLEY	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	53.5266, -2.2417	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: 409 grid connections (226 operating, 2,047 MW), 381 power plants (106 operating, 1,036 MW), 19 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
Blackley Computer Centre grid connection	Grid connection	4 MW	Operating	1.3 km
North Manchester General Hospital grid connection	Grid connection	1.5 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Queens Park grid connection	Grid connection	10 MW	Planned	3.3 km
Moston Vale	Power plant	10 MW	Under construction	3.3 km
Robert McBride Ltd	Power plant	1.3 MW	Cancelled	3.6 km
Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD)	Power plant	2 MW	Operating	4.4 km
Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park	Data center	—	—	4.7 km
Asanti Manchester	Data center	—	—	5.3 km
Lunar 1&2	Data center	—	—	6.9 km

Place

Grid connections attached to this substation

Blackley Computer Centre grid connection4 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.