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).

53.2665, -2.4632 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	53.2665, -2.4632	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: 436 grid connections (273 operating, 2,795 MW), 389 power plants (114 operating, 4,481 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
Storengy grid connection	Grid connection	2.24 MW	Planned	0.3 km
Winnington grid connection	Grid connection	138 MW	Operating	0.5 km
Lostock Power Station grid connection	Grid connection	89 MW	Planned	0.8 km
Land at Lostock Works (Northwich Facility)	Power plant	5 MW	Operating	1.1 km
Bedminster BioEnergy Facility	Power plant	8 MW	Cancelled	1.5 km
Lostock	Power plant	60 MW	Under construction	2.9 km
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	4.3 km
Keuper Gas Storage Project	Gas storage facility	—	Permitted	5.0 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	13 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.

1.7 ha brownfield site at Land at Lostock Works House, Works Lane, Lostock, Cheshire West and Chester0.94 km · score 52

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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.