Substation · the United Kingdom

Gravel T1 / WCB Plastics T1 / Wharton T1 Substation

Name: Gravel T1 / WCB Plastics T1 / Wharton T1
Address: GB

Gravel T1 / WCB Plastics T1 / Wharton T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 14.3 MVA of demand headroom and 1.93 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.1926, -2.4894 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	GRAVEL T1 / WCB PLASTICS T1 / WHARTON 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	14.3 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	1.93 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	20 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	53.1926, -2.4894	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: 420 grid connections (270 operating, 2,766 MW), 385 power plants (116 operating, 4,447 MW), 18 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
Schoeller Allibert Limited, Road One - Solar Panels System	Power plant	2.2 MW	Cancelled	0.5 km
Possible 2MW gen at Winsford Police HQ. grid connection	Grid connection	2 MW	Operating	2.3 km
Hebden Green Fm grid connection	Grid connection	15 MW	Planned	4.2 km
Midpoint 18 Business Park	Power plant	35.5 MW	Cancelled	4.3 km
Gas 21.18 MW grid connection at Elworth GT1 / Elworth GT2 / Knutsford GT1 / Knutsford GT2	Grid connection	21.2 MW	Operating	4.4 km
Woodford Lane West - Solar Farm (Hebden Green)	Power plant	19 MW	Permitted	4.6 km
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	4.7 km
Keuper Gas Storage Project	Gas storage facility	—	Permitted	4.7 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	5.8 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Gravel T1 / WCB Plastics T1 / Wharton 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.

1.05 ha brownfield site at Rear of Brighton Belle pub, Station Road, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester0.34 km · score 39

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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.
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.