Majors Hill
Majors Hill is a 1.15 MW solar farm in South East 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 East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 1.15 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- RH10 4PE
- Coordinates
- 51.1100, -0.1136
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 Majors Hill compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 1.15 MW station would generate roughly 1.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 370 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 East All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Balcombe Β· 4.96 MW solar farm4.7 km
- Ford Β· 11.6 MW solar farm23.8 km
- Five Oaks Β· 5 MW solar farm23.9 km
- Bentley Estate 2 Β· 5 MW solar farm24.7 km
- Upper Clayhill Β· 4.75 MW solar farm24.7 km
- Bentley Estate Β· 4.78 MW solar farm25.1 km
- Spear Hill Β· 4.95 MW solar farm26.6 km
- Croydon B Power Station Β· 255 MW coal-fired power station29.3 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
- Majors Hill/Turners Hill Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Haymaker Energy
- Planning authority
- Mid Sussex
- Planning reference
- DM/15/1949
- Application submitted
- 15 June 2015
- Permission granted
- 2 October 2015
- Construction started
- 8 January 2016
- Began operating
- 15 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.1 MW
- Address
- Land Parcel At 532484 136274 M, Turners Hill Road, Crawley Down, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 4
- REPD reference
- 5267
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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