Substation · the United Kingdom
Halton RD T1 / Murdishaw T1 / Percival La T4 / Runcorn Central T1 Substation
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).
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 | 53.3278, -2.6950 | 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: 461 grid connections (291 operating, 2,958 MW), 386 power plants (120 operating, 4,866 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runcorn Flexible Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 5.13 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Gas 5.07 MW grid connection at Halton RD / Murdishaw / Percival Lane / Runcorn Central | Grid connection | 5.07 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Cholmondeley Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Clifton La grid connection | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Rocksavage Power Company Ltd | Power plant | 810 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Runcorn EfW | Power plant | 100 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 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.
- 1.53 ha brownfield site at Castle View House, East Lane, Runcorn, Halton0.04 km · score 36
- 1.14 ha brownfield site at East Lane House, East Lane, Runcorn, Halton0.08 km · score 36
- 2.32 ha brownfield site at Grosvenor House, Northway, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1704832)0.15 km · score 35
- 2.32 ha brownfield site at Grosvenor House, Northway, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1741564)0.21 km · score 34
- 1.61 ha brownfield site at Land to the east of Kestrel's Way, Hallwood Park, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1704818)0.4 km · score 31
- 1.61 ha brownfield site at Land to the east of Kestrel's Way, Hallwood Park, Runcorn, Halton (gb-bf-1741545)0.48 km · score 30
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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.
- © 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.