Ashton
Ashton is a 4.81 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.81 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BA14 6DX
- Coordinates
- 51.3222, -2.1596
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Ashton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.81 MW station would generate roughly 4.2 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,560 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) sites generate electricity from sunlight. Panels produce direct current, which inverters convert to alternating current for the grid. Output follows daylight and the seasons, so annual generation is a small fraction of the maximum possible.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in South West All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Trowle Β· 5 MW solar farm5.1 km
- Blenches Mill Solar Park Β· 6.08 MW solar farm5.7 km
- Brook Hall Β· 4.67 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Craymarsh Β· 1.82 MW solar farm6.4 km
- Norrington Β· 11.2 MW solar farm6.8 km
- Sandridge Β· 49.6 MW solar farm7.5 km
- East Farm Β· 6.84 MW solar farm18.7 km
- Castle Combe Β· 15.3 MW solar farm19.5 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Land north of Ashton Road
- Developer / operator
- Conergy
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning reference
- 15/07413/FUL
- Application submitted
- 22 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 22 December 2015
- Construction started
- 24 December 2016
- Began operating
- 24 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Land north of, Ashton Road, Ashton Common, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, BA14 6DY
- REPD reference
- 5498
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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