Substation · the United Kingdom

Midpoint Pochin Way T1 Substation

Name: Midpoint Pochin Way T1
Address: GB

Midpoint Pochin Way T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 5.58 MVA of demand headroom and 10.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.1864, -2.4253 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	MIDPOINT POCHIN WAY 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	5.58 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	10.5 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	7.5 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	53.1864, -2.4253	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: 407 grid connections (263 operating, 2,721 MW), 372 power plants (109 operating, 4,401 MW), 18 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
Gas 21.18 MW grid connection at Elworth GT1 / Elworth GT2 / Knutsford GT1 / Knutsford GT2	Grid connection	21.2 MW	Operating	0.2 km
Midpoint 18 Business Park	Power plant	35.5 MW	Cancelled	0.5 km
Bluefield Energy (Booths Lane) grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Planned	2.4 km
Sandbach CHP grid connection	Grid connection	48 MW	Operating	2.7 km
Former EON Power Station, Booth Lane - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	20 MW	Permitted	2.7 km
Dragons Lane - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	12 MW	Cancelled	2.8 km
Keuper Gas Storage Project	Gas storage facility	—	Permitted	4.2 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	4.9 km
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	5.0 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Midpoint Pochin Way 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.

2.85 ha brownfield site at LPS 43 Intertechnic Uk Ltd, Road Beta, Middlewich, Cheshire East0.88 km · score 22

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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.