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Solar panels in Wrecclesham, sized to your roof.

A 12-panel roof in Wrecclesham makes about 6,450 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.

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Sunlight in Wrecclesham

Wrecclesham's solar year

From 35.6 kWh per kWp in December to 124.2 in July: a roof in Wrecclesham makes 3.5 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,014 kWh per kWp across the year.

Map showing Wrecclesham in Surrey A simplified outline map of Surrey with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Wrecclesham.
Wrecclesham in Surrey

Generation per kWp, month by month

Wrecclesham, 1,014 kWh per kWp a year
Wrecclesham, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak July at 124 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 35.6 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 143 0 JFMAMJJASOND 124
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Wrecclesham, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January39.3
February52.5
March88.2
April115
May122
June123
July124
August111
September94.6
October65.3
November44.6
December35.6

Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.

6,450kWh a year, 12 panels
790kWh in July, the peak
230kWh in December

Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,014, Wrecclesham is 10% above it.

How Wrecclesham compares

Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Wrecclesham. It is one of 47 Surrey towns we track, and it ranks 47th of 47 for solar yield, a town of 7,709 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,014 kWh per kWp a year, 2.78 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £908 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £661 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 Wrecclesham's own yield.

Waverley is the planning authority covering Wrecclesham, which the House of Commons Library classes as a small town.

12 panels
530W panels. Most semi-detached roofs take 10 to 16 on one pitch.
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Installed prices. The named packages are the ones running on our current offers; the Duracell prices are for an installation alongside solar.
Electricity use
Export rate scenario
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Estimated benefit, year one
£908
£76 a month · payback 7.0 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.0 yrs
Generates a year
6,449 kWh
Exported
5,512 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Wrecclesham's own coordinates (51.18928, -0.81654), 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.

Local grid

Who runs the grid in Wrecclesham

Wrecclesham is served by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN): the town's centre falls inside its Southern England licence area on NESO's boundary map.

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: SSEN is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.

A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.

Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.

Aerial view of a residential UK street where several homes have black solar panels fitted to rear roof pitches
Several homes on the same street, all now fitted with solar.
Beyond solar

Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Wrecclesham

A heat pump in Wrecclesham

A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Wrecclesham make about 1,090 kWh, against 3,050 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).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Wrecclesham

A 12-panel roof in Wrecclesham makes about 790 kWh in July. 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.

If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.

EV charging explained

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Wrecclesham

Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Wrecclesham as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.

FAQs

Solar in Wrecclesham: your questions answered

What does a solar panel system produce in Wrecclesham?

Each kWp of panels in Wrecclesham makes 1,014 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,450 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.

What would 12 solar panels cost in Wrecclesham?

£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 Wrecclesham differs is output: about 6,450 kWh a year from that system.

Would a system in Wrecclesham need approval from the network operator?

Wrecclesham is on Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' network (Southern England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SSEN is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.

How much would export pay on a system in Wrecclesham?

It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,512 kWh of the 6,450 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Wrecclesham goes to the grid, around £661 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 Wrecclesham in winter?

It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Wrecclesham roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,090 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.

How Wrecclesham compares with its neighbours

How the towns nearest Wrecclesham compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Wrecclesham
Wrecclesham1,014this town
Farnham1,020+6 kWh
Weybourne1,020+6 kWh
Aldershot1,021+7 kWh
Bordon1,025+11 kWh
Fleet1,023+9 kWh
Ash and Ash Vale1,024+10 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 Wrecclesham: Solar panels in Wrecclesham from OVO Solar & Battery

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