Substation · the United Kingdom

Formby GT2B / Southport GT1 / Southport GT2 Substation

Name: Formby GT2B / Southport GT1 / Southport GT2
Address: GB

Formby GT2B / Southport GT1 / Southport GT2 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 12.5 MVA of demand headroom and 95.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.6435, -2.9618 on OpenStreetMap

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	FORMBY GT2B / SOUTHPORT GT1 / SOUTHPORT GT2	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	12.5 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	95.5 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	75 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Level	Bulk supply point (BSP)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage	132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.6435, -2.9618	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 400 grid connections (251 operating, 2,507 MW), 342 power plants (114 operating, 7,701 MW), 9 data centers, 2 transmission lines 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
Crowland Street	Power plant	1.6 MW	Cancelled	0.3 km
Crossens Pumping Station - Solar Array	Power plant	1 MW	Cancelled	0.7 km
Landsdale Nurseries grid connection	Grid connection	6 MW	Operating	3.4 km
Lower House Farm	Power plant	1.9 MW	Cancelled	4.2 km
Melrow Nursery grid connection	Grid connection	3.4 MW	Operating	6.4 km
Moss Farm (Southport) grid connection	Grid connection	16 MW	Planned	9.2 km
Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets	Transmission line	—	Permitted	15 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	28 km
Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage	Gas storage facility	—	Cancelled	29 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Formby GT2B / Southport GT1 / Southport GT2 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

2.5 ha brownfield site at Former Kew Park and Ride, Crowland Street, Southport, Sefton0.59 km · score 34

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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.
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.