Substation · the United Kingdom
Great Sankey T1 / Penketh T1 / Widnes RD T1 Substation
Great Sankey T1 / Penketh T1 / Widnes RD T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 4.75 MVA of demand headroom and 4.25 MVA of generation 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 | GREAT SANKEY T1 / PENKETH T1 / WIDNES RD 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 | 4.75 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 4.25 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 | 53.3856, -2.6331 | 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: 500 grid connections (305 operating, 3,137 MW), 419 power plants (130 operating, 4,947 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington North Wastewater Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Land south of 50 Station Road | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Infinis Arpley (618999440) grid connection | Grid connection | 24 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Arpley Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 18 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Arpley Landfill Scheme 'A' | Power plant | 7.9 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Arpley Landfill Scheme 'B' | Power plant | 7.9 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Aberystwyth T1 / North RD T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T2 / U C Wales T1substation
- 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 Great Sankey T1 / Penketh T1 / Widnes RD 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.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.