Substation · the United Kingdom

Yockings Gate T1 Substation

Name: Yockings Gate T1
Address: GB

Yockings Gate T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 6.56 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

52.9733, -2.6756 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	YOCKINGS GATE 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	6.56 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	10 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	52.9733, -2.6756	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: 291 power plants (90 operating, 3,248 MW), 182 grid connections (136 operating, 1,489 MW), 6 data centers, 3 transmission lines and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
The Beeches grid connection	Grid connection	14 MW	Planned	0.9 km
Bryn Posteg Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	2.13 MW	Operating	1.2 km
Coldstore - Whitchurch Biogas grid connection	Grid connection	2.5 MW	Operating	1.2 km
Broughall Fields Farm	Power plant	2.4 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Belton Farm, Belton - Solar Pv System	Power plant	2.18 MW	Under construction	2.1 km
Bubney Farm	Power plant	40 MW	Operating	3.2 km
Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network	Transmission line	—	Permitted	20 km
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	24 km
Internet Central data center, England	Data center	—	—	27 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Yockings Gate 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.

2.18 ha brownfield site at Land East Of Black Park Road, Black Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire0.34 km · score 31
3.93 ha brownfield site at Storage Land And Premises (former Dairy), Mile Bank Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire1.22 km · score 18

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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.