Substation · the United Kingdom

Gigg La Thelwall T1 / Hillcliffe T1 / Stockton Heath T1 / Stretton IND EST T1 Substation

Name: Gigg La Thelwall T1 / Hillcliffe T1 / Stockton Heath T1 / Stretton IND EST T1
Address: GB

Gigg La Thelwall T1 / Hillcliffe T1 / Stockton Heath T1 / Stretton IND EST T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 10.6 MVA of demand headroom and 6.06 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.3828, -2.5250 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	GIGG LA THELWALL T1 / HILLCLIFFE T1 / STOCKTON HEATH T1 / STRETTON IND EST 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	10.6 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	6.06 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	30 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	53.3828, -2.5250	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: 501 grid connections (305 operating, 3,197 MW), 429 power plants (132 operating, 4,750 MW), 18 data centers and 3 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
Latchford Lane grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Operating	1.1 km
Clares Farm Close	Power plant	2.6 MW	Cancelled	1.9 km
Butchersfield Landfill Site	Power plant	3 MW	Operating	3.4 km
Rixton Old Hall grid connection	Grid connection	1.03 MW	Operating	3.6 km
Wildersmoor Hall Farm, Higher Lane - Solar Farm	Power plant	2.5 MW	Permitted	4.3 km
Gas 16 MW grid connection at Sankey Bridges GT3 / Warrington GT5	Grid connection	16 MW	Operating	4.8 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	6.6 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	7.8 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042)	Data center	—	—	13 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Gigg La Thelwall T1 / Hillcliffe T1 / Stockton Heath T1 / Stretton IND EST 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.

1.5 ha brownfield site at 57 Camsley Lane, Lymm, WA13 9BY, Warrington1.08 km · score 24

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