Substation · the United Kingdom
Legacy Local GT2 / Newtown GT2 / Oswestry GT8 / Welshpool GT1 Substation
Legacy Local GT2 / Newtown GT2 / Oswestry GT8 / Welshpool GT1 Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 60.7 MVA of demand headroom and 15.9 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).
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 | LEGACY LOCAL GT2 / NEWTOWN GT2 / OSWESTRY GT8 / WELSHPOOL GT1 | 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 | 60.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 15.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 168 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 | 52.8679, -3.0371 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 208 power plants (73 operating, 2,253 MW), 130 grid connections (93 operating, 1,006 MW), 5 transmission lines, 1 data center and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen- Solar Array | Power plant | 1.85 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
| Glovers Meadow - Ground Mounted Solar Array | Power plant | 2 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Cold Move, Maes-Y-Clawdd | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 2.5 km |
| Pentons grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Bryn Plentyn Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Ebnal Lodge PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 10 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Legacy Local GT2 / Newtown GT2 / Oswestry GT8 / Welshpool GT1 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 4.6 ha brownfield site at Richard Burbidge, Oswestry, Shropshire0.57 km · score 61
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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.