Substation · the United Kingdom

Hartford GT1 / Lostock GT2 / Winsford GT1 / Winsford GT2 Substation

Name: Hartford GT1 / Lostock GT2 / Winsford GT1 / Winsford GT2
Address: GB

Hartford GT1 / Lostock GT2 / Winsford GT1 / Winsford GT2 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 35.9 MVA of demand headroom and 91.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.2147, -2.5046 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	HARTFORD GT1 / LOSTOCK GT2 / WINSFORD GT1 / WINSFORD GT2	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	35.9 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	91.5 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	113 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Level	Bulk supply point (BSP)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage	132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV)	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.2147, -2.5046	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: 423 grid connections (270 operating, 2,765 MW), 385 power plants (113 operating, 4,439 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	2.2 km
Possible 2MW gen at Winsford Police HQ. grid connection	Grid connection	2 MW	Operating	2.6 km
Stublach Project Solar Farm	Power plant	2.25 MW	Cancelled	3.5 km
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	3.8 km
Roberts Bakery grid connection	Grid connection	1.56 MW	Planned	4.3 km
Keuper Gas Storage Project	Gas storage facility	—	Permitted	4.4 km
Hebden Green Fm grid connection	Grid connection	15 MW	Planned	4.6 km
Lostock	Power plant	60 MW	Under construction	5.3 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	8.5 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Hartford GT1 / Lostock GT2 / Winsford GT1 / Winsford GT2 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.3 ha brownfield site at Land at 618 - 624, London Road, Davenham, Cheshire West and Chester1.5 km · score 43

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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.