Substation · the United Kingdom

Holt La (Warrington RD) T1 / Prescot Grid T1 / Rainhill Local T1 / Whiston Hosp T1 Substation

Name: Holt La (Warrington RD) T1 / Prescot Grid T1 / Rainhill Local T1 / Whiston Hosp T1
Address: GB

Holt La (Warrington RD) T1 / Prescot Grid T1 / Rainhill Local T1 / Whiston Hosp T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 14.4 MVA of demand headroom and 5.56 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4206, -2.7816 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	HOLT LA (WARRINGTON RD) T1 / PRESCOT GRID T1 / RAINHILL LOCAL T1 / WHISTON HOSP 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	14.4 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	5.56 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	30 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	53.4206, -2.7816	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: 498 grid connections (305 operating, 3,153 MW), 403 power plants (120 operating, 4,898 MW), 17 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
Prescot WTW grid connection	Grid connection	3.72 MW	Operating	2.2 km
Sutton Manor - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	57 MW	Cancelled	3.0 km
Lea Green Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	3.5 MW	Operating	3.2 km
Alexandra Park grid connection	Grid connection	15 MW	Operating	3.6 km
St Helens Green Hydrogen Facility	Power plant	15 MW	Permitted	3.7 km
Ravenhead Glassworks Bioenergy Plant	Power plant	2 MW	Cancelled	3.9 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	10 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	11 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	11 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Holt La (Warrington RD) T1 / Prescot Grid T1 / Rainhill Local T1 / Whiston Hosp 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.

1.05 ha brownfield site at Holt Lane Quarry, Two Butt Lane, Prescot, Knowsley0.52 km · score 37
1.07 ha brownfield site at Land Opposite 33 - 53 Delph Lane, Prescot, Knowsley0.58 km · score 36

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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.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.