Oxcroft
Oxcroft is a 4.19 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.19 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- S44 6AG
- Coordinates
- 53.2639, -1.3044
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 Oxcroft compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.19 MW station would generate roughly 3.7 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,360 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 East Midlands All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Barlborough Β· 0.85 MW onshore wind farm3.6 km
- Arkwright CIC Β· 2.48 MW solar farm3.9 km
- Arkwright SPV Β· 5 MW solar farm3.9 km
- The Breck Β· 5 MW solar farm4.5 km
- Bolsovermoor Quarry Β· 5 MW solar farm4.6 km
- Lodge Farm Β· 4.88 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Loscar Β· 4.5 MW onshore wind farm7.2 km
- Hunciecroft Β· 7.62 MW solar farm8.0 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 at Oxcroft Stocking Ground
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Chesterfield
- Planning reference
- CHE/15/00477/FUL
- Application submitted
- 22 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 8 December 2015
- Construction started
- 15 January 2016
- Began operating
- 25 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Land At Former Oxcroft Stockin, East Of Woodthorpe Road, Mastin Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, S43 3AZ
- REPD reference
- 5383
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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