Substation · the United Kingdom

Halton RD T1 / Murdishaw T1 / Percival La T4 / Runcorn Central T1 Substation

Name: Halton RD T1 / Murdishaw T1 / Percival La T4 / Runcorn Central T1
Address: GB

Halton RD T1 / Murdishaw T1 / Percival La T4 / Runcorn Central T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 6.94 MVA of demand headroom and 0.34 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.3397, -2.7169 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	HALTON RD T1 / MURDISHAW T1 / PERCIVAL LA T4 / RUNCORN CENTRAL 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	6.94 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	0.34 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	25 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	53.3397, -2.7169	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: 470 grid connections (294 operating, 3,046 MW), 392 power plants (124 operating, 4,937 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
Gas 5.07 MW grid connection at Halton RD / Murdishaw / Percival Lane / Runcorn Central	Grid connection	5.07 MW	Operating	0.4 km
Runcorn Flexible Gas grid connection	Grid connection	5.13 MW	Operating	1.1 km
Schreiber grid connection	Grid connection	1.56 MW	Operating	1.8 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	2.2 km
Granox Biogas Plant	Power plant	5 MW	Operating	2.3 km
Hedco, Desoto Road - Solar panels	Power plant	3.5 MW	Permitted	2.3 km
Rocksavage Power Company Ltd	Power plant	810 MW	Operating	2.6 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	10 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	12 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near Halton RD T1 / Murdishaw T1 / Percival La T4 / Runcorn Central T1 have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

3.71 ha brownfield site at Paramount Foods, Halton Road, Runcorn0.15 km · score 35
1.46 ha brownfield site at Land to the south of Old Quay Street and Mason Street, Runcorn, Halton0.51 km · score 29
1.44 ha brownfield site at Former Polar Ford and surrounds, Victoria Road, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1704804)0.59 km · score 28

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.