Substation · the United Kingdom

North West Water Campus T1 / North West Water Campus T2 / Omega T1 / Omega T2 / Orion Boulevard T1 Substation

Name: North West Water Campus T1 / North West Water Campus T2 / Omega T1 / Omega T2 / Orion Boulevard T1
Address: GB

North West Water Campus T1 / North West Water Campus T2 / Omega T1 / Omega T2 / Orion Boulevard T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 25 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.4088, -2.6450 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	NORTH WEST WATER CAMPUS T1 / NORTH WEST WATER CAMPUS T2 / OMEGA T1 / OMEGA T2 / ORION BOULEVARD 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	25 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	40 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	53.4088, -2.6450	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: 511 grid connections (311 operating, 3,193 MW), 421 power plants (128 operating, 4,937 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
Fairchild Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook - Solar Panels	Power plant	1 MW	Cancelled	0.5 km
GEN Unit 1 Plot 7C Zone 7 Omega Warngton WA5 3TY grid connection	Grid connection	1.2 MW	Operating	0.7 km
Amazon Omega Business Park	Power plant	1.5 MW	Operating	0.8 km
Gas 1.616 MW grid connection at North West Water Campus T1 / North West Water Campus T2 / Omega T1 / Omega T2 / Orion Boulevard T1	Grid connection	1.62 MW	Operating	0.8 km
The Hut Group, Skyline Drive - Solar Array	Power plant	6.8 MW	Permitted	0.9 km
Iron Mountain	Data center	—	—	1.2 km
UNITS 1 & 2 grid connection	Grid connection	1.75 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Verizon Warrington	Data center	—	—	3.2 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328)	Data center	—	—	7.4 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near North West Water Campus T1 / North West Water Campus T2 / Omega T1 / Omega T2 / Orion Boulevard 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.

22 ha brownfield site at Omega (additional 300 units), Phase 4-7, Omega South, Warrington0.28 km · score 56
19 ha brownfield site at Zones 3 To 6, Omega South, Warrington0.49 km · score 52
5.33 ha brownfield site at Omega Zone 6 (Phase 3A), Land Bounded by Stanhoe Drive to the South…, Warrington0.51 km · score 47

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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.