Substation · the United Kingdom
Express Foods T1 Substation
Express Foods T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 6 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | EXPRESS FOODS T1 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | United Kingdom | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 7.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7956, -2.9062 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 200 power plants (73 operating, 1,969 MW), 90 grid connections (65 operating, 404 MW), 5 transmission lines, 1 data center and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wykey Farm, Ruyton Xi Towns - Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 2.6 km |
| Red House Bio grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Wykey Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Land To The North Of Moor Farm | Power plant | 3.8 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Moor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Rednal Airfield, West Felton - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 300 MW | Permitted | 4.9 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 5.8 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 18 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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- Aberystwyth T1 / North RD T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T2 / U C Wales T1substation
Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Express Foods T1 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
Other substations in the United Kingdom
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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.