Substation · England, United Kingdom

Westhoughton

Westhoughton 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	WESTHOUGHTON	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	53.5596, -2.5145	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: 404 power plants (119 operating, 1,364 MW), 385 grid connections (212 operating, 1,957 MW), 20 data centers, 4 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
Slack Lane BESS 35MW grid connection	Grid connection	35 MW	Planned	0.1 km
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	45 MW	Permitted	0.1 km
Slack Lane, Westhoughton grid connection	Grid connection	15.8 MW	Planned	0.1 km
Slack Lane grid connection	Grid connection	30 MW	Planned	0.3 km
Chadwick Wind Turbines	Power plant	4.5 MW	Cancelled	2.1 km
Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels	Power plant	1.1 MW	Planned	2.7 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	13 km
Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park	Data center	—	—	15 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042)	Data center	—	—	15 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.