Substation · the United Kingdom

Gateacre GT1 / Huyton GT1 / Kirkby GT3 / Prescot GT1A Substation

Name: Gateacre GT1 / Huyton GT1 / Kirkby GT3 / Prescot GT1A
Address: GB

Gateacre GT1 / Huyton GT1 / Kirkby GT3 / Prescot GT1A Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 31.4 MVA of demand headroom and 120 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4233, -2.8604 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	GATEACRE GT1 / HUYTON GT1 / KIRKBY GT3 / PRESCOT GT1A	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	31.4 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	120 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	115 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	53.4233, -2.8604	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: 460 grid connections (292 operating, 3,159 MW), 388 power plants (116 operating, 4,847 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Alder Hey grid connection	Grid connection	2 MW	Operating	2.2 km
New Broadgreen Hospital grid connection	Grid connection	1.5 MW	Operating	2.8 km
Lister Battery Limited - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	6 MW	Permitted	3.9 km
Huyton WwTW grid connection	Grid connection	1.24 MW	Operating	4.0 km
Carnegie Road (Phase 2)	Power plant	40 MW	Cancelled	4.3 km
Lister Drive	Power plant	49.9 MW	Operating	4.3 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	12 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	14 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	15 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

4 sites of land near Gateacre GT1 / Huyton GT1 / Kirkby GT3 / Prescot GT1A have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

9.1 ha brownfield site at North Huyton Revive Phase 5, Knowsley0.79 km · score 51
4.8 ha brownfield site at Land Adjacent To Hillside Avenue Huyton Knowsley0.95 km · score 47
4.93 ha brownfield site at North Huyton Revive Phase 2B, Knowsley1.04 km · score 46
1.4 ha brownfield site at Firscraig, Mosscraig And Whincraig Apartment Blocks, Little Moss Hey, Knowsley1.01 km · score 46

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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 Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.