Shropshire
Solar panels in Market Drayton, with the numbers shown.
About 6,050 kWh a year from 12 panels in Market Drayton, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Market Drayton's solar year
PVGIS puts Market Drayton at 951 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Shropshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.2 |
| February | 50.1 |
| March | 82.3 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 103 |
| September | 89.1 |
| October | 59.7 |
| November | 39.9 |
| December | 31 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 951 kWh per kWp in Market Drayton against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Market Drayton 3% above it.
How Market Drayton compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Market Drayton. It is one of 9 Shropshire towns we track, and it ranks 9th of 9 for solar yield, a town of 12,173 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 951 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £860 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £613 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Market Drayton's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Shropshire is the planning authority covering Market Drayton, which the House of Commons Library classes as a small town.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Market Drayton's own coordinates (52.90398, -2.49216), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Market Drayton
On NESO's licence-area map, Market Drayton is in West Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Market Drayton
A heat pump in Market Drayton
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Market Drayton make about 970 kWh, against 2,910 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Market Drayton
From April to September, 69% of a Market Drayton roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 760 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Market Drayton
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Market Drayton as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Market Drayton: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Market Drayton?
Each kWp of panels in Market Drayton makes 951 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,050 kWh, from about 200 kWh in December up to 760 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Market Drayton?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Market Drayton before a battery. What Market Drayton changes is the return, about 6,050 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Market Drayton need approval from the network operator?
Market Drayton is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (West Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Market Drayton?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Market Drayton exports about 5,112 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £613; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Market Drayton in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Market Drayton roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 970 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Market Drayton compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Market Drayton compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Market Drayton |
|---|---|---|
| Market Drayton | 951 | this town |
| Whitchurch | 959 | +8 kWh |
| Newport (Telford and Wrekin) | 959 | +8 kWh |
| Nantwich | 952 | +1 kWh |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 932 | −19 kWh |
| Crewe | 945 | −6 kWh |
| Stone | 951 | level |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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