Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill is a 4.35 MW solar farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, England, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.35 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LN8 5JE
- Coordinates
- 53.7535, -1.0841
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 Primrose Hill compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.35 MW station would generate roughly 3.8 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,410 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 Yorkshire and the Humber All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Eggborough Power Station Β· 1,960 MW coal-fired power station4.6 km
- Drax Power Station Β· 2,595 MW biomass power station6.1 km
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units Β· 2,580 MW biomass power station6.4 km
- Pollington Airfield Β· 5 MW solar farm8.3 km
- Rusholme Β· 24 MW onshore wind farm9.3 km
- Ash Row Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm10.0 km
- Ferrybridge C Power Station Β· 2,000 MW coal-fired power station13.4 km
- FM1 Β· 79 MW energy-from-waste plant13.6 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 sites in the register. Largest first:
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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