Oakham
Oakham is a 4.64 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
- 4.64 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BS32 4BS
- Coordinates
- 51.5480, -2.5828
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 Oakham compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.64 MW station would generate roughly 4.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,510 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
- Rolls Royce Β· 3.2 MW solar farm2.7 km
- Grange Farm Β· 21.1 MW solar farm4.4 km
- Severn Beach Β· 3.96 MW solar farm5.4 km
- Seabank Power Station Β· 1,234 MW power station5.9 km
- Alveston Β· 6.9 MW onshore wind farm6.3 km
- Says Court Β· 19.8 MW solar farm9.4 km
- Bristol Port Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm9.6 km
- Sudbrook Β· 5 MW solar farm10.6 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
- Oakham Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco/Parklands Solar
- Planning authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Planning reference
- PT15/2164/F
- Application submitted
- 22 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 22 October 2015
- Construction started
- 18 February 2016
- Began operating
- 22 February 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 8 MW
- Address
- Oakham Farm Land At Parklands Almondsbury Bristol South Gloucestershire, Avon, BS32 4BS
- REPD reference
- 1269
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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