Substation · the United Kingdom

Kirkby Central T1 / Northwood T1 / Tower Hill (Bank La) T1 / Westvale T1 Substation

Name: Kirkby Central T1 / Northwood T1 / Tower Hill (Bank La) T1 / Westvale T1
Address: GB

Kirkby Central T1 / Northwood T1 / Tower Hill (Bank La) T1 / Westvale T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 9.69 MVA of demand headroom and 6.58 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4795, -2.8983 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	KIRKBY CENTRAL T1 / NORTHWOOD T1 / TOWER HILL (BANK LA) T1 / WESTVALE 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	9.69 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	6.58 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	53.4795, -2.8983	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: 458 grid connections (295 operating, 3,159 MW), 377 power plants (113 operating, 5,395 MW), 17 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
D H L Exel Supply Chain Burton Foods, Portal Way - Solar Panels	Power plant	1 MW	Planned	1.7 km
Fazakerley - United Utilities W W T W grid connection	Grid connection	1.5 MW	Operating	2.2 km
Larkins Farm, Gellings Lane - Solar Farm	Power plant	1.5 MW	Cancelled	2.6 km
Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park	Power plant	49.9 MW	Cancelled	2.9 km
Heysham Power GEN grid connection	Grid connection	4 MW	Operating	3.7 km
Kirkby Moss grid connection	Grid connection	80 MW	Planned	3.9 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	16 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	17 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	19 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Kirkby Central T1 / Northwood T1 / Tower Hill (Bank La) T1 / Westvale T1 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

6.86 ha brownfield site at Former Kirkby Stadium, Valley Road, Westvale, Knowsley0.46 km · score 33

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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.