Substation · England, United Kingdom

Handforth

Handforth 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	HANDFORTH	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	53.3481, -2.2095	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: 365 power plants (104 operating, 1,132 MW), 323 grid connections (180 operating, 1,578 MW), 22 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
Moss Nook BESS 2 grid connection	Grid connection	70 MW	Planned	2.0 km
Styal Road grid connection	Grid connection	3 MW	Operating	2.5 km
Matthews Farm Generation grid connection	Grid connection	10 MW	Operating	2.6 km
Woodford Road - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	100 MW	Permitted	3.9 km
Datum Datacentres (MCR2)	Data center	—	—	4.7 km
Delta House	Data center	—	—	4.7 km
Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels	Power plant	4.3 MW	Permitted	5.4 km
Sunbank Lane Solar Panels	Power plant	1.51 MW	Permitted	5.6 km
CDL Strata Campus Data Centre	Data center	—	—	7.0 km

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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.