A survey is the only way to confirm what your roof can actually do. Contact whoever covers your area directly when you're ready, or leave your details below and up to three will call you.

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Leave your details today and up to three MCS-certified installers covering your postcode will call to arrange a survey and quote. Free, no obligation, and you choose who to go with.

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Is your roof right for solar?

Enter your postcode and we'll estimate your roof's direction, its solar potential, and show certified installers covering your area.

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By the numbers

Dorset solar, measured.

Typical yearly generation, per kW of panels

≈1,122 kWh per kWp a year — roughly 20% above the UK average

For every kilowatt of panels, a well-placed Dorset roof generates about this much a year. Your own total depends on roof direction, pitch and shading — the roof check estimates it for your address.

How the sun falls across the year

Best month · June ~135 kWh

Quietest · December ~40 kWh

Apr–Sep share ~68%

Sunlight peaks in summer and dips in winter, so a system is sized for the whole year, not just the peak. Estimated from PVGIS climate data for your postcode area; a roof survey confirms your exact figure.

55 MCS-certified installers cover Dorset in our directory, and 26 also fit battery storage and 15 also install heat pumps.

Sun figures from PVGIS; roof estimates include solar data from Google. How we measure.

Wider area

More of South-West England.

Dorset is one county in South-West England. The region page lists every city we cover there, and the national map shows listed installers county by county.

South-West England UK coverage map