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Solar panel map by council

See how much electricity a typical 4 kWp solar panel system, about ten panels, would make on a south-facing roof in every 5 km square of the UK where homes are. Pick one of 361 councils to open its map. Free, with no account needed.

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Yearly output of a 4 kWp south-facing system
2,600 kWh4,800 kWh

Each square is about 5 km across, coloured by the yearly output of a 4 kWp system on a south-facing roof. It is an estimate for the area, not a quote: it doesn't allow for shading from hills, trees or nearby buildings, or for a roof's real size, pitch and direction.

The UK at a glance

  • 4,010 kWha year, typical across the UK
  • 4,080 kWhtypical in England, across 296 councils
  • 3,920 kWhtypical in Wales, across 22 councils
  • 3,510 kWhtypical in Scotland, across 32 councils
  • 3,630 kWhtypical in Northern Ireland, across 11 councils

Typical means the middle figure across the postcodes of every home in the area. Each figure is for a 4 kWp system on a south-facing roof.

Every council, by typical output

RankCouncilTypical kWh a year
1EastbourneEngland4,700
2LewesEngland4,670
3ArunEngland4,640
4HastingsEngland4,640
5ChichesterEngland4,630
6Brighton and HoveEngland4,620
7WorthingEngland4,620
8Isle of WightEngland4,600
9RotherEngland4,600
10AdurEngland4,580
11Folkestone and HytheEngland4,580
12Isles of ScillyEngland4,530
13DoverEngland4,520
14PortsmouthEngland4,500
15AshfordEngland4,490
16Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleEngland4,490
17PlymouthEngland4,490
18GosportEngland4,480
19HavantEngland4,480
20South HamsEngland4,480
21TendringEngland4,480
22ThanetEngland4,480
23FarehamEngland4,450
24DorsetEngland4,400
25CanterburyEngland4,390
26MaldonEngland4,370
27New ForestEngland4,360
28RochfordEngland4,360
29Southend-on-SeaEngland4,360
30ColchesterEngland4,350
31East SuffolkEngland4,350
32SwaleEngland4,350
33WealdenEngland4,350
34IpswichEngland4,330
35Castle PointEngland4,300
36TorbayEngland4,300
37BaberghEngland4,290
38East DevonEngland4,280
39BasildonEngland4,270
40Mid SussexEngland4,270
41TeignbridgeEngland4,270
42ChelmsfordEngland4,260
43CornwallEngland4,260
44HorshamEngland4,260
45SouthamptonEngland4,260
46BraintreeEngland4,250
47EastleighEngland4,250
48ThurrockEngland4,250
49Tonbridge and MallingEngland4,250
50Tunbridge WellsEngland4,250
51Vale of GlamorganWales4,250
52ExeterEngland4,240
53GraveshamEngland4,240
54Great YarmouthEngland4,240
55MaidstoneEngland4,240
56Mid SuffolkEngland4,240
57DartfordEngland4,230
58BridgendWales4,210
59BexleyEngland4,200
60BrentwoodEngland4,200
61MedwayEngland4,200
62North NorfolkEngland4,200
63South NorfolkEngland4,200
64Test ValleyEngland4,200
65WinchesterEngland4,200
66BostonEngland4,190
67SevenoaksEngland4,190
68UttlesfordEngland4,190
69Barking and DagenhamEngland4,180
70East HampshireEngland4,180
71HarlowEngland4,180
72HaveringEngland4,180
73PembrokeshireWales4,180
74SomersetEngland4,180
75South CambridgeshireEngland4,180
76South HollandEngland4,180
77West SuffolkEngland4,180
78BroadlandEngland4,170
79CardiffWales4,170
80HuntingdonshireEngland4,170
81NorwichEngland4,170
82BromleyEngland4,160
83CambridgeEngland4,160
84East CambridgeshireEngland4,160
85FenlandEngland4,160
86North SomersetEngland4,160
87Basingstoke and DeaneEngland4,150
88CrawleyEngland4,150
89GreenwichEngland4,150
90RedbridgeEngland4,150
91Reigate and BansteadEngland4,150
92TandridgeEngland4,150
93WaverleyEngland4,150
94BrecklandEngland4,140
95East HertfordshireEngland4,140
96Epping ForestEngland4,140
97Mole ValleyEngland4,140
98NewhamEngland4,140
99PeterboroughEngland4,140
100South KestevenEngland4,140
101Vale of White HorseEngland4,140
102BedfordEngland4,130
103East LindseyEngland4,130
104King's Lynn and West NorfolkEngland4,130
105LewishamEngland4,130
106NewportWales4,130
107SpelthorneEngland4,130
108WiltshireEngland4,130
109BlackpoolEngland4,120
110ElmbridgeEngland4,120
111Kingston upon ThamesEngland4,120
112Mid DevonEngland4,120
113StevenageEngland4,120
114GuildfordEngland4,110
115HillingdonEngland4,110
116HounslowEngland4,110
117MertonEngland4,110
118Richmond upon ThamesEngland4,110
119RunnymedeEngland4,110
120RutlandEngland4,110
121SuttonEngland4,110
122West BerkshireEngland4,110
123WokingEngland4,110
124Central BedfordshireEngland4,100
125EalingEngland4,100
126HackneyEngland4,100
127Hammersmith and FulhamEngland4,100
128HarrowEngland4,100
129HartEngland4,100
130Kensington and ChelseaEngland4,100
131LutonEngland4,100
132North KestevenEngland4,100
133North NorthamptonshireEngland4,100
134RushmoorEngland4,100
135SloughEngland4,100
136SouthwarkEngland4,100
137St AlbansEngland4,100
138Surrey HeathEngland4,100
139Tower HamletsEngland4,100
140Waltham ForestEngland4,100
141WandsworthEngland4,100
142Welwyn HatfieldEngland4,100
143Windsor and MaidenheadEngland4,100
144WokinghamEngland4,100
145BarnetEngland4,090
146Bath and North East SomersetEngland4,090
147BrentEngland4,090
148BristolEngland4,090
149Epsom and EwellEngland4,090
150LambethEngland4,090
151North HertfordshireEngland4,090
152OxfordEngland4,090
153Three RiversEngland4,090
154TorridgeEngland4,090
155West OxfordshireEngland4,090
156Bracknell ForestEngland4,080
157BroxbourneEngland4,080
158BuckinghamshireEngland4,080
159CamdenEngland4,080
160CherwellEngland4,080
161City of LondonEngland4,080
162CroydonEngland4,080
163DacorumEngland4,080
164EnfieldEngland4,080
165HaringeyEngland4,080
166IslingtonEngland4,080
167ReadingEngland4,080
168South GloucestershireEngland4,080
169South OxfordshireEngland4,080
170SwanseaWales4,080
171SwindonEngland4,080
172West NorthamptonshireEngland4,080
173WestminsterEngland4,080
174HertsmereEngland4,070
175Isle of AngleseyWales4,070
176CotswoldEngland4,060
177LincolnEngland4,060
178Milton KeynesEngland4,060
179WatfordEngland4,060
180WyreEngland4,060
181HarboroughEngland4,040
182North East LincolnshireEngland4,040
183RugbyEngland4,040
184Forest of DeanEngland4,030
185Malvern HillsEngland4,030
186StroudEngland4,030
187MeltonEngland4,020
188Newark and SherwoodEngland4,020
189North DevonEngland4,020
190Stratford-on-AvonEngland4,020
191FyldeEngland4,010
192Oadby and WigstonEngland4,010
193TorfaenWales4,010
194GloucesterEngland4,000
195TewkesburyEngland4,000
196WarwickEngland4,000
197West DevonEngland4,000
198WorcesterEngland4,000
199Kingston upon HullEngland3,990
200West LindseyEngland3,990
201WychavonEngland3,990
202BlabyEngland3,980
203CheltenhamEngland3,980
204East Riding of YorkshireEngland3,980
205GedlingEngland3,980
206HerefordshireEngland3,980
207MonmouthshireWales3,980
208Hinckley and BosworthEngland3,970
209CoventryEngland3,960
210RedditchEngland3,960
211RushcliffeEngland3,960
212CharnwoodEngland3,950
213Nuneaton and BedworthEngland3,950
214BassetlawEngland3,940
215North LincolnshireEngland3,940
216North WarwickshireEngland3,940
217North West LeicestershireEngland3,940
218Wyre ForestEngland3,940
219BromsgroveEngland3,930
220DoncasterEngland3,930
221LeicesterEngland3,930
222LichfieldEngland3,930
223TamworthEngland3,930
224CarmarthenshireWales3,920
225SolihullEngland3,920
226BroxtoweEngland3,910
227MansfieldEngland3,910
228South DerbyshireEngland3,910
229BolsoverEngland3,900
230DerbyEngland3,900
231ErewashEngland3,900
232WirralEngland3,900
233FlintshireWales3,890
234Rhondda Cynon TafWales3,890
235RotherhamEngland3,890
236SeftonEngland3,890
237ShropshireEngland3,890
238Amber ValleyEngland3,880
239AshfieldEngland3,880
240East StaffordshireEngland3,880
241NottinghamEngland3,880
242SunderlandEngland3,880
243YorkEngland3,880
244BarnsleyEngland3,870
245BirminghamEngland3,870
246CaerphillyWales3,870
247WakefieldEngland3,870
248Telford and WrekinEngland3,860
249WrexhamWales3,860
250ChesterfieldEngland3,850
251LiverpoolEngland3,850
252Neath Port TalbotWales3,850
253North East DerbyshireEngland3,850
254North TynesideEngland3,840
255North YorkshireEngland3,840
256SandwellEngland3,840
257South StaffordshireEngland3,840
258StaffordEngland3,840
259WalsallEngland3,840
260Cannock ChaseEngland3,830
261Cheshire West and ChesterEngland3,820
262DenbighshireWales3,820
263HartlepoolEngland3,820
264South TynesideEngland3,820
265WolverhamptonEngland3,820
266DudleyEngland3,810
267Blaenau GwentWales3,800
268County DurhamEngland3,800
269Derbyshire DalesEngland3,800
270GatesheadEngland3,800
271LeedsEngland3,800
272Newcastle upon TyneEngland3,800
273NorthumberlandEngland3,800
274SheffieldEngland3,800
275Stockton-on-TeesEngland3,800
276CeredigionWales3,790
277ConwyWales3,790
278KirkleesEngland3,790
279MiddlesbroughEngland3,790
280AngusScotland3,780
281Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland3,780
282KnowsleyEngland3,780
283PowysWales3,780
284Redcar and ClevelandEngland3,780
285West LancashireEngland3,780
286HaltonEngland3,770
287Merthyr TydfilWales3,770
288DarlingtonEngland3,760
289St. HelensEngland3,760
290Dundee CityScotland3,750
291Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland3,750
292WarringtonEngland3,740
293BradfordEngland3,730
294East LothianScotland3,730
295CalderdaleEngland3,720
296Newcastle-under-LymeEngland3,710
297Cheshire EastEngland3,700
298Staffordshire MoorlandsEngland3,700
299Stoke-on-TrentEngland3,700
300WiganEngland3,700
301CumberlandEngland3,690
302LancasterEngland3,690
303Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland3,680
304City of EdinburghScotland3,670
305Aberdeen CityScotland3,660
306FifeScotland3,660
307Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland3,650
308South AyrshireScotland3,650
309BelfastNorthern Ireland3,640
310Dumfries and GallowayScotland3,640
311PrestonEngland3,640
312Scottish BordersScotland3,640
313TraffordEngland3,640
314Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland3,620
315MidlothianScotland3,620
316North AyrshireScotland3,620
317ChorleyEngland3,610
318Perth and KinrossScotland3,610
319South RibbleEngland3,610
320Westmorland and FurnessEngland3,610
321SalfordEngland3,600
322Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland3,590
323AberdeenshireScotland3,580
324BoltonEngland3,580
325ManchesterEngland3,580
326Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland3,570
327High PeakEngland3,560
328Ribble ValleyEngland3,560
329BuryEngland3,550
330Blackburn with DarwenEngland3,530
331HyndburnEngland3,520
332StockportEngland3,520
333FalkirkScotland3,510
334BurnleyEngland3,500
335ClackmannanshireScotland3,500
336StirlingScotland3,500
337Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland3,490
338East AyrshireScotland3,490
339PendleEngland3,490
340GwyneddWales3,480
341RochdaleEngland3,480
342RossendaleEngland3,480
343TamesideEngland3,480
344West LothianScotland3,480
345South LanarkshireScotland3,460
346RenfrewshireScotland3,450
347Glasgow CityScotland3,440
348OldhamEngland3,440
349West DunbartonshireScotland3,440
350East DunbartonshireScotland3,430
351InverclydeScotland3,430
352Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland3,420
353MorayScotland3,420
354Orkney IslandsScotland3,410
355East RenfrewshireScotland3,390
356North LanarkshireScotland3,380
357Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland3,370
358Argyll and ButeScotland3,340
359HighlandScotland3,280
360Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland3,210
361Shetland IslandsScotland3,080

Rank 1 has the highest typical output. One sunshine model covers the UK, so all four nations rank together.

What the solar map shows

  • Every 5 km square where homes arecoloured by the yearly output of a 4 kWp south-facing system there, in steps of 200 kWh.
  • A typical figure for each councilthe middle figure across its homes' postcodes, with the range from the lower to the upper tenth.
  • A ranking of 361 councilsfrom the sunny south coast of England to the Northern Isles.
  • A route to one homepick a square to choose a home in a postcode inside it. A property report adds that home's own estimate by roof direction.

How the figures are worked out

  • PVGIS, the European Commission Joint Research Centre's solar model, gives the yearly output per kWp of panels for a 35° south-facing roof with 14% system losses, from its satellite sunshine data.
  • We asked it once for each 5 km square that holds a home's postcode, at the middle of those postcodes, so a coastal square is never read out at sea.
  • A 4 kWp system is about ten panels. The yearly figure is rounded to the nearest 10 kWh.
  • Hills, trees and buildings are left out on purpose: one sample point's valley or hilltop would otherwise stand for every home in the square.

What the map can't tell you

An estimate for the area, not a quote. The map can't see any one roof: its size, pitch, direction, shading or whether it has room for panels at all. It is not a savings figure, which depends on how much of the electricity a home uses and its tariff. An installer's survey is the only way to size a system for one home.

Frequently asked questions

How much electricity would solar panels make on my home?

The map gives a typical figure for the area: what a 4 kWp system, about ten panels, on a south-facing roof would make in a year. Your own roof may make more or less, depending on its size, pitch, direction and shading. A property report adds the estimate for one home by roof direction.

Does an east or west-facing roof work?

Yes. Across the UK an east or west-facing roof makes about a fifth less than a south-facing one at the same pitch, and panels laid flat about a sixth less. A north-facing roof makes roughly half.

Is this a quote or a savings figure?

No. It is an estimate from satellite sunshine data, not a quote, a survey or a savings figure. It doesn't allow for shading from hills, trees or nearby buildings. An installer will look at the roof itself.

Where do the figures come from?

From PVGIS, the European Commission Joint Research Centre's solar model, with its PVGIS-SARAH3 satellite data. We asked it once for each 5 km square where UK homes are, for a 35° south-facing roof with 14% system losses.

Does the map cover Scotland and Northern Ireland?

Yes. It covers every council in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not included.

Sources

Solar yield from the Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS), European Commission Joint Research Centre. PVGIS information is free to use, with this acknowledgement of the source. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.