Substation · the United Kingdom

LEA Green T1 / Pilkingtons HO T1 / Ravenhead Retail PK T1 / Somerfield Distribution T1 Substation

Name: LEA Green T1 / Pilkingtons HO T1 / Ravenhead Retail PK T1 / Somerfield Distribution T1
Address: GB

LEA Green T1 / Pilkingtons HO T1 / Ravenhead Retail PK T1 / Somerfield Distribution T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 1.37 MVA of demand headroom and 1.56 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4239, -2.7416 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	LEA GREEN T1 / PILKINGTONS HO T1 / RAVENHEAD RETAIL PK T1 / SOMERFIELD DISTRIBUTION 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	1.37 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	1.56 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	20 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	53.4239, -2.7416	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: 503 grid connections (306 operating, 3,140 MW), 419 power plants (127 operating, 4,971 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
Sutton Manor - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	57 MW	Cancelled	0.5 km
Lea Green Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	3.5 MW	Operating	0.6 km
St Helens Green Hydrogen Facility	Power plant	15 MW	Permitted	2.2 km
Sutton Heath Road	Power plant	15 MW	Cancelled	2.2 km
Ravenhead Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	1.1 MW	Operating	2.4 km
Greengate grid connection	Grid connection	10 MW	Operating	2.5 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	7.5 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	8.8 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	9.3 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

4 sites of land near LEA Green T1 / Pilkingtons HO T1 / Ravenhead Retail PK T1 / Somerfield Distribution 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.

5.28 ha brownfield site at Land at Lea Green Colliery and Lowfield Lestate, Lowfield lane…, St. Helens0.16 km · score 29
12 ha brownfield site at Land at Lea Green Colliery and Lowfield Lane Industrial Estate…, St. Helens0.44 km · score 27
3.64 ha brownfield site at Land off Lowfield Lane, Thatto Heath, St. Helens0.47 km · score 24
7.31 ha brownfield site at Land north of Elton Head Road, Thatto Heath, WA9 5GN, St. Helens0.8 km · score 20

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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.