Substation · England, United Kingdom

South Manchester GSP

South Manchester GSP is a substation in England, United Kingdom.

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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
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
Level	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	53.4229, -2.2721	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: 384 power plants (108 operating, 1,230 MW), 359 grid connections (199 operating, 1,855 MW), 21 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
Fairy Lane (ESS Option) grid connection	Grid connection	49.9 MW	Operating	0.4 km
West Didsbury Battery Storage	Power plant	50 MW	Operating	0.5 km
Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage	Power plant	99.9 MW	Under construction	0.5 km
South Manchester BESS grid connection	Grid connection	70 MW	Planned	0.5 km
Sale BESS grid connection	Grid connection	99.9 MW	Planned	0.6 km
Golf Road - Battery Energy Storage	Power plant	90 MW	Permitted	1.0 km
Equinix MA4	Data center	—	—	4.9 km
Lunar 1&2	Data center	—	—	4.9 km
Delta House	Data center	—	—	4.9 km

Place

Grid connections attached to this substation

CEL Bridgewater BESS grid connection90 MW
Styal Road grid connection3 MW
Fairy Lane (ESS Option) grid connection49.9 MW
Sale BESS grid connection99.9 MW
South Manchester BESS grid connection70 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.