Combermere
Combermere is a 14 MW solar farm in North West England, operated by WPO UK Services. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 14 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- WPO UK Services
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 52.9946, -2.5954
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 Combermere compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 14 MW station would generate roughly 12 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,530 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 North West All run by WPO UK ServicesNearby generating sites
- Bubney Β· 40.4 MW solar farm9.0 km
- Fields Farm (Agden) Β· 5 MW solar farm9.0 km
- Hadley Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm9.4 km
- Dairy House Farm Β· 3.37 MW solar farm13.4 km
- Trench Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm22.3 km
- Charity Farm - CfD Β· 14.4 MW solar farm23.8 km
- Safeguard Bradwall Β· 5 MW solar farm24.8 km
- Moor Farm Β· 3.73 MW solar farm28.3 km
Also operated by WPO UK Services
WPO UK Services operates 38 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
- Combermere Abbey
- Developer / operator
- INRG Solar
- Planning authority
- Cheshire East
- Planning reference
- 14/2247N
- Application submitted
- 22 May 2014
- Permission granted
- 1 December 2014
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 29 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 14 MW
- Address
- Land to the North East of Combermere Abbey, Combermbere Park Drive, Dodcott Cum Wilkesley, Whitchurch, Cheshire, SY13 4AJ
- REPD reference
- 1478
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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