Lancashire
Solar panels in Walkden, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,830 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Walkden's solar year
PVGIS puts Walkden at 917 kWh per kWp a year, 6% above our Lancashire 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 | 28.4 |
| February | 48 |
| March | 80.7 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 113 |
| July | 113 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 84.4 |
| October | 56.7 |
| November | 38 |
| December | 28.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 917 kWh per kWp in Walkden against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Walkden 1% below it.
How Walkden compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Walkden. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 51st of 109 for solar yield, a town of 19,798 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 917 kWh per kWp a year, 2.51 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £834 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £587 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Walkden's own yield.
Salford is the planning authority covering Walkden, 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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Modelled for Walkden at 53.51651, -2.40201 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Walkden
Electricity North West owns and runs the local electricity network in Walkden, as part of its North West England licence area.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Walkden
A heat pump in Walkden
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Walkden make about 910 kWh, against 2,840 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Walkden
A 12-panel roof in Walkden makes about 760 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Walkden
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Walkden as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Walkden
What does a solar panel system produce in Walkden?
Each kWp of panels in Walkden makes 917 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,830 kWh, from about 180 kWh in December up to 760 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Walkden?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Walkden differs is output: about 5,830 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Walkden need approval from the network operator?
Walkden is on Electricity North West's network (North West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Walkden?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,895 kWh of the 5,830 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Walkden goes to the grid, around £587 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Walkden in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Walkden roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 910 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Walkden compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Walkden compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Walkden |
|---|---|---|
| Walkden | 917 | this town |
| Worsley | 909 | −8 kWh |
| Little Hulton | 918 | +1 kWh |
| Kearsley | 906 | −11 kWh |
| Tyldesley | 923 | +6 kWh |
| Farnworth | 918 | +1 kWh |
| Swinton (Salford) | 901 | −16 kWh |
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.
Also for Walkden: Solar panels in Walkden from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Walkden homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How long does a solar inverter last, and when does replacing it make sense?
The one component you should expect to replace, and the decision tree when it goes.
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Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
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Read the guide →Are heat pumps noisy? The 37 dB(A) answer, in plain terms
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Read the guide →What the Smart Export Guarantee actually is
The scheme obliges suppliers to pay above zero, and leaves the rate to them.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
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