Woodtown
Woodtown is a 2.72 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
- 2.72 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BH22 8SW
- Coordinates
- 50.7798, -1.8715
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 Woodtown compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 2.72 MW station would generate roughly 2.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 880 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
- Hale Β· 3.6 MW solar farm1.0 km
- Palmersford Β· 3.04 MW solar farm1.5 km
- Parley Β· 24.2 MW solar farm1.5 km
- Bedborough Β· 5 MW solar farm5.8 km
- Christchurch Β· 17.9 MW solar farm8.9 km
- Wedgehill Β· 13.5 MW solar farm11.3 km
- Henbury Quarry Β· 3.68 MW solar farm12.4 km
- Oaklands Β· 5 MW solar farm20.8 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
- Woodtown Farm
- Developer / operator
- Woodtown Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning reference
- 3/14/0956/FUL
- Application submitted
- 24 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 14 October 2015
- Construction started
- 23 October 2015
- Began operating
- 23 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 3.8 MW
- Address
- Woodtown Farm, Christchurch Road, West Parley, Dorset, BH22 8SW
- REPD reference
- 4761
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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