How much solar could the UK's biggest roofs hold?

We measured real UK landmarks, stations, schools and supermarkets from above — the same rooftop read we run for homeowners, scaled up. Here's what the country's largest roofs could generate if they went solar.

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Landmark Manchester

The Trafford Centre

8.6 MWp

6.1 GWh–7.5 GWh a year · ~2,527 homes

Civic & public Derby

Royal Derby Hospital

6.0 MWp

4.8 GWh–5.9 GWh a year · ~1,982 homes

Civic & public Cardiff

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

4.4 MWp

3.7 GWh–4.4 GWh a year · ~1,498 homes

Civic & public Birmingham

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

3.8 MWp

3.0 GWh–3.6 GWh a year · ~1,225 homes

Civic & public Romford

Queen's Hospital Romford

3.6 MWp

2.9 GWh–3.6 GWh a year · ~1,206 homes

Supermarket Manchester

Asda Eastlands Supercentre

3.5 MWp

2.4 GWh–3.0 GWh a year · ~1,009 homes

Civic & public Bristol

Southmead Hospital (Brunel Building), Bristol

3.4 MWp

2.7 GWh–3.3 GWh a year · ~1,117 homes

Landmark Manchester

Manchester Piccadilly Station

2.9 MWp

2.0 GWh–2.5 GWh a year · ~840 homes

Civic & public Wakefield

Pinderfields Hospital

2.4 MWp

1.8 GWh–2.2 GWh a year · ~728 homes

Civic & public Stoke-on-Trent

Royal Stoke University Hospital

2.3 MWp

1.6 GWh–2.0 GWh a year · ~671 homes

Supermarket Watford

Tesco Extra Watford

2.0 MWp

1.7 GWh–2.0 GWh a year · ~681 homes

Civic & public Crawley

K2 Crawley Leisure Centre

1.8 MWp

1.5 GWh–1.9 GWh a year · ~635 homes

Supermarket Stockport

Tesco Extra Portwood, Stockport

1.8 MWp

1.2 GWh–1.4 GWh a year · ~481 homes

Supermarket Romford

Tesco Extra Romford Gallows Corner

1.8 MWp

1.5 GWh–1.8 GWh a year · ~618 homes

Civic & public Swindon

Great Western Hospital

1.7 MWp

1.5 GWh–1.8 GWh a year · ~599 homes

Supermarket Basildon

Tesco Extra Basildon Pitsea

1.7 MWp

1.4 GWh–1.7 GWh a year · ~573 homes

Supermarket Bristol

Tesco Extra Brislington

1.7 MWp

1.4 GWh–1.7 GWh a year · ~573 homes

Supermarket Hatfield

Tesco Extra Hatfield

1.6 MWp

1.3 GWh–1.6 GWh a year · ~528 homes

Supermarket Southampton

Tesco Extra Bursledon, Southampton

1.5 MWp

1.3 GWh–1.5 GWh a year · ~519 homes

Supermarket Bristol

Asda Bedminster Superstore

1.5 MWp

1.2 GWh–1.4 GWh a year · ~478 homes

Supermarket Wembley

Asda Wembley Superstore

1.4 MWp

1.2 GWh–1.4 GWh a year · ~475 homes

Supermarket Manchester

Asda Hulme Superstore

1.3 MWp

896 MWh–1.1 GWh a year · ~370 homes

Supermarket Sheffield

Sainsbury's Archer Road Superstore

1.2 MWp

867 MWh–1.1 GWh a year · ~356 homes

School Telford

Thomas Telford School

1.2 MWp

927 MWh–1.1 GWh a year · ~382 homes

Civic & public Manchester

Manchester Town Hall

1.2 MWp

810 MWh–996 MWh a year · ~334 homes

Supermarket New Malden, London

Tesco Extra New Malden

1.1 MWp

890 MWh–1.1 GWh a year · ~367 homes

School Bristol

Bristol Metropolitan Academy

850 kWp

680 MWh–828 MWh a year · ~279 homes

Supermarket Plymouth

Morrisons Outland Road

776 kWp

620 MWh–756 MWh a year · ~255 homes

Civic & public Manchester

Manchester Central Library

464 kWp

329 MWh–402 MWh a year · ~135 homes

School Bilston, Wolverhampton

City of Wolverhampton College (Wellington Road)

254 kWp

180 MWh–220 MWh a year · ~74 homes

School Brighton

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

224 kWp

203 MWh–248 MWh a year · ~84 homes

Figures are a ballpark of full-roof potential from aerial solar data — not a feasibility study. Real projects account for roof structure, shading, plant and access. Solar data includes data from Google.

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