Fairfield
Fairfield is a 6.5 MW onshore wind farm in North West England, operated by EDF Energy. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 6.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- EDF Energy
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CA14 4QE
- Coordinates
- 54.5788, -3.5204
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 Fairfield compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 6.5 MW station would generate roughly 15 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 5,480 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.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in North West All run by EDF EnergyNearby generating sites
- Potato Pot Β· 7.05 MW onshore wind farm2.9 km
- Moor House Β· 4.92 MW solar farm3.9 km
- Winscales Moor Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm7.2 km
- Clay Cross Β· 4.99 MW solar farm10.6 km
- Wythegill Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm10.6 km
- Flimby Wind Energy Ltd Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm12.0 km
- Calder Hall Β· 196 MW nuclear power station17.3 km
- Tallentire Wind Farm (GB) Β· 12 MW onshore wind farm17.6 km
Also operated by EDF Energy
EDF Energy operates 48 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point C Β· nuclear power station3,260 MW
- West Burton A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,012 MW
- Cottam Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,008 MW
- Heysham 2 Β· nuclear power station1,240 MW
- Torness Β· nuclear power station1,200 MW
- Sizewell B Β· nuclear power station1,198 MW
- Hartlepool Β· nuclear power station1,185 MW
- Heysham 1 Β· nuclear power station1,060 MW
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
- Fairfield Farm
- Developer / operator
- Windprospect
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning reference
- 4/2006/2684
- Application submitted
- 29 September 2006
- Permission granted
- 20 May 2008
- Construction started
- 1 August 2010
- Began operating
- 2 March 2011
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.5 MW
- Address
- Fairfield Farm, Pica, Distington, Cumbria
- REPD reference
- 3613
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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