Substation · England, United Kingdom

Waterhead

Waterhead 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	WATERHEAD	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	53.5509, -2.0749	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: 493 grid connections (281 operating, 2,549 MW), 377 power plants (109 operating, 910 MW), 23 data centers and 2 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
Mossdown Road	Power plant	10 MW	Cancelled	1.7 km
Clegg Street (Hamilton) grid connection	Grid connection	21.1 MW	Planned	1.9 km
Birshaw grid connection	Grid connection	21.1 MW	Planned	1.9 km
Heyside Battery. Mossdown Road, Royton grid connection	Grid connection	6.32 MW	Planned	1.9 km
Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	27 MW	Planned	2.5 km
Scouthead Power Plant	Power plant	2.9 MW	Operating	2.6 km
Data center, England (OSM way 703959498)	Data center	—	—	11 km
Asanti Manchester	Data center	—	—	13 km
Equinix MA1	Data center	—	—	14 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.