Solar for leisure, UK-wide analysis
Leisure centres, gyms, event venues. Variable demand but often rural sites with generous roof and grid access.
Active UK businesses
84,909
in leisure
Typical system
80-600 kWp
rooftop range
Solar planning 12m
279
49% approved
Self-consumption
50%
typical on-site use
Why leisure are a strong solar fit
The leisure sector typically sees 50% of solar generation consumed on-site, which is the single biggest driver of PPA economics. Higher self-consumption means more of the solar output displaces expensive grid electricity (currently ~28p/kWh for commercial tariffs) rather than exporting at the lower SEG rate (~5p/kWh).
A typical 80-kWp rooftop system on a leisure site generates around 72 MWh per year, covering a meaningful share of typical sector demand and locking in ~25 years of price-certain electricity via a PPA structure.
Top UK regions for leisure
ESSEX
1,491 active businesses
KENT
1,259 active businesses
SURREY
1,238 active businesses
LANCASHIRE
933 active businesses
HAMPSHIRE
932 active businesses
WEST MIDLANDS
859 active businesses
Typical leisure solar economics
Mid-size project
80 kWp
~72 MWh/year generation
Large project
600 kWp
~540 MWh/year generation
Typical PPA term
25 yrs
long-term grid price hedge
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Solar for leisure by UK postcode
1,000 UK postcode districts with active leisure. Choose your area for local commercial stock counts, planning context and solar potential.
WC2H
1,185
EC1V
978
N1
606
EC2A
591
W1W
564
IP28
417
HR5
305
SE1
211
W1T
210
E14
201
IP1
198
E1
195
CR0
190
SW19
185
NW3
185
WC1N
178
E17
175
G2
174
BN1
166
BN3
165
SW6
163
SL6
160
NP20
160
PR2
153
LE12
151
N3
150
NW1
144
BL1
142
CV2
142
HA4
138
SW11
137
L3
136
EN5
131
SS9
130
TW9
128
CB8
125
CF14
123
HA1
122
WA14
120
DY5
119
DL1
119
NW10
119
SK9
117
BA2
115
G3
115
KT11
114
WD6
113
NG1
112
EC4V
112
SW18
112
LE2
111
DA1
110
WC2A
109
W4
108
PR7
107
BT34
107
RH10
105
CM3
104
LE11
103
CM1
100
CV37
100
SO31
100
PO6
99
NG5
98
EX2
98
MK45
97
SG1
96
SW16
95
E8
95
M3
94
BR2
94
B90
94
HA7
94
GL7
93
BH21
93
IG8
93
LU7
92
NN4
92
SS7
92
RH12
91
BS16
90
RG7
90
BN2
89
BH15
89
EH2
89
SW9
89
W3
88
SE18
88
WD3
87
BR1
87
HA8
87
PE28
87
WA4
87
DE21
87
SL4
86
HA9
86
SW15
86
BA1
86
LE7
85
ST5
85
N12
85
BT35
85
BL9
85
NG2
85
WS13
85
PO7
84
RH1
84
BN11
84
ML1
84
LE1
84
E16
83
M2
83
PO16
82
W6
82
CF11
82
G1
81
L1
80
FY8
80
L24
80
CM2
80
PR3
80
SK8
80
N13
80
SW17
79
NE3
79
SO41
79
BS8
79
CM23
78
PR8
78
E2
78
NN12
78
RG14
77
LS25
77
BL6
77
N21
77
ML3
76
SK10
76
E6
76
TA6
76
CV1
75
S11
75
PR4
75
BS3
75
KT13
74
BR3
74
OX13
74
HA3
74
E4
74
SL7
74
GU1
74
N8
73
WC1H
73
SE15
73
MK40
73
TQ12
73
CV3
73
LE16
73
AL5
73
M33
73
SO53
72
BR6
72
FY4
72
GU21
72
TN15
72
CA11
72
LU2
72
N14
71
NW6
71
GL2
71
BN21
70
IG1
70
LE8
70
BB1
70
E11
70
KY11
70
EN6
69
NN6
69
W1B
69
CW12
69
B98
68
BS37
68
GU9
68
RH16
68
CO4
68
SE9
68
CV32
68
WA16
67
B1
67
CV5
67
WA3
67
SK7
67
GL51
67
CM9
67
N16
67
PO19
67
PE11
66
EH6
66
M20
66
PR1
66
DA14
66
GU14
65
EN4
65
GL52
65
GU15
65
PR9
65
WD17
65
DT4
65
SS14
65
CV21
65
SG5
65
CM12
64
ST4
64
HA5
64
LE5
64
SW1P
64
BN27
64
BS1
64
KT12
64
S66
64
CV8
64
MK9
64
NN5
63
NG9
63
IG10
63
PE7
63
RH2
63
S70
62
WA15
62
SE16
62
SL5
62
HG3
62
SM6
62
NE1
62
AL1
62
DE1
62
CH41
62
BB5
62
CH4
62
CW8
62
PO20
61
HG1
61
CR2
61
CO5
61
LE4
61
W12
61
E3
61
SO14
61
TA1
61
EH3
61
SA1
61
AL3
61
SK17
61
HD8
61
RG1
60
W1J
60
NW2
60
LS1
60
E15
60
DY8
60
NG7
60
B3
60
M40
60
N7
60
BB7
60
SO23
59
GL1
59
CH3
59
KT17
59
SL1
59
RG41
59
B60
59
HX1
59
MK43
59
SN4
59
DT1
59
CV6
59
N17
59
BH23
59
SO50
58
MK18
58
N22
58
CH7
58
W2
58
CW1
58
GL50
58
M4
58
N4
58
UB6
58
RG12
58
TW2
58
E10
58
NN11
58
SL2
58
DN4
58
PO8
58
BT1
58
RH13
58
L40
58
N11
57
PE2
57
DE7
57
TS18
57
L15
57
PL1
57
WF2
57
HA2
57
DL6
57
RM14
57
SW2
57
PE19
57
DE23
57
B61
57
GL54
57
OX16
57
KT3
56
RG9
56
W10
56
IG11
56
WR9
56
SN8
56
GU34
56
M16
56
LA1
56
SS1
56
NW9
56
BT48
56
SE5
56
OL4
56
S8
56
DH1
56
EN11
55
CV11
55
CF64
55
BA12
55
EN2
55
OX4
55
KT18
55
W5
55
CF24
55
HU17
55
DE56
55
LS18
55
HP9
55
SK11
55
BN6
55
BD23
55
N15
55
RG10
55
NR1
55
BT28
55
NG24
55
CF5
55
CV34
55
CO10
54
W14
54
DN22
54
BA3
54
EC4A
54
LE3
54
WS11
54
M1
54
G5
54
RG4
54
HD1
54
LE10
54
YO30
54
NG20
53
CM14
53
L23
53
BT9
53
G74
53
B91
53
WR11
53
SK6
53
NR3
53
NN1
53
SG8
53
PE27
53
SG12
53
B5
53
PE9
53
ME19
53
EX31
53
CW5
53
SS11
53
HP4
53
CM13
52
CR3
52
SE11
52
EN8
52
SO51
52
WN5
52
WN7
52
RM6
52
E7
52
OX14
52
CT1
52
EH12
52
DE24
52
BT23
52
SP1
52
CM6
51
L37
51
RG42
51
MK42
51
S6
51
CH1
51
MK11
51
B79
51
RM11
51
LN6
51
KT2
51
SW8
51
DN21
51
WA8
51
LE15
51
BT4
51
DH3
51
BS9
51
NG16
51
BS15
50
CR4
50
ST18
50
SN5
50
CF83
50
M24
50
SK1
50
LS12
50
LE9
50
TN16
50
NG18
50
BT38
50
SG14
50
WR1
50
HR9
49
KT6
49
CA14
49
BN43
49
W1U
49
LS6
49
NN14
49
NR7
49
KT1
49
EX1
49
BH24
49
CF23
49
SN15
49
SK14
49
EC1M
49
BH16
49
RM12
49
ME7
49
LS15
49
PE30
49
SM4
49
DA12
49
BS5
49
SW12
48
NE11
48
NW7
48
HP22
48
M28
48
CH62
48
SL3
48
ST16
48
W1G
48
ME2
48
WS14
48
E5
48
NG4
48
BH14
48
NG10
48
LS28
48
TN13
48
SE6
48
DE14
48
TR11
48
NN8
48
HD9
47
ME16
47
NE6
47
NG12
47
LE67
47
EC4M
47
NR32
47
S9
47
TW15
47
RM1
47
IG6
47
OX2
47
BT47
47
LU1
47
NP19
47
DE55
47
OL9
47
LU6
47
TR7
47
LS27
47
BB4
47
S60
47
RG17
47
CO3
46
NW4
46
GU10
46
SA7
46
ME15
46
W1D
46
OX28
46
OL16
46
WN2
46
CB7
46
M12
46
SG4
46
TW17
46
M11
46
DN1
46
B6
46
SW1W
46
WA5
46
NR9
45
CT5
45
TN8
45
ML6
45
CO6
45
WS15
45
GU22
45
GU16
45
MK41
45
SE10
45
CT12
45
SM1
45
CF31
45
CF10
45
EH4
45
CB6
45
CB24
45
NN10
45
SA11
45
RM3
45
E9
45
E1W
45
SG6
45
NG3
45
ME5
45
SW1V
45
SP10
45
OX26
45
TW8
44
OL11
44
BS23
44
WA10
44
WS9
44
KY12
44
CM7
44
NN3
44
EX8
44
EX4
44
EX14
44
EN9
44
EN3
44
HR2
44
CB4
44
IV30
44
SN10
44
HP5
44
BH12
44
BT71
44
SW7
44
TW11
44
BT5
44
DN14
44
LS8
44
ME4
44
NG15
44
SA2
44
DA11
44
SW4
44
LA9
43
W8
43
HA6
43
SO15
43
RG40
43
BN16
43
NN13
43
M30
43
OX5
43
OL3
43
B19
43
TW7
43
LS17
43
CB10
43
PR5
43
NG17
43
DH8
43
TR1
43
BD1
43
RH17
43
RH19
43
SE26
43
BS7
43
BS35
43
S4
42
HP2
42
HP14
42
LS29
42
NN7
42
MK44
42
GL5
42
GL20
42
CH5
42
G51
42
LS7
42
BA14
42
B77
42
WN1
42
BS20
42
TW12
42
PH1
42
SY1
42
PR25
42
NE30
42
IP14
42
TS24
42
DG1
42
PO5
42
M41
42
TN24
42
BB9
42
HX3
42
LA14
42
UB8
42
RH4
42
ST1
42
AB10
42
CT6
41
HP23
41
HG2
41
ME10
41
RG27
41
CH2
41
WA2
41
CF72
41
TF1
41
EX5
41
NE12
41
M25
41
BL3
41
WN6
41
GU8
41
CB23
41
SN14
41
WD7
41
BT62
41
SS2
41
ME8
41
LE17
41
OL6
41
DE4
41
DE13
41
WC1X
41
BT15
41
AL4
41
PO30
40
S40
40
SO40
40
SW10
40
HR4
40
S2
40
HD6
40
AL10
40
SE19
40
BR5
40
BA11
40
NW11
40
OX7
40
ME14
40
NN18
40
G32
40
FY3
40
PE1
40
NN17
40
SY11
40
LN5
40
DY6
40
L20
40
NN2
40
LE13
40
SP11
40
OL8
40
KT19
40
RH15
40
BS34
40
S63
40
BS2
39
TN4
39
HP18
39
ST7
39
SE13
39
BR7
39
LL30
39
GU6
39
SO30
39
BN7
39
GL53
39
CM16
39
CM15
39
LS21
39
M27
39
ME13
39
G66
39
M26
39
PO12
39
FK2
39
EX39
39
ST6
39
KT16
39
RM17
39
SA15
39
B16
39
EH10
39
CB1
39
BH22
39
MK10
39
SW20
39
WA7
39
LN1
39
YO7
39
NP4
39
TQ9
39
KT10
39
CV35
39
TS1
39
CV23
39
OL1
38
SO32
38
GU24
38
GU2
38
CM17
38
LS19
38
WR5
38
LS22
38
LS16
38
G41
38
M34
38
RG19
38
SA4
38
RM16
38
SK13
38
L18
38
SS8
38
WA1
38
NE29
38
CA13
38
E13
38
DY1
38
PH2
38
LU4
38
SW1Y
38
S75
38
DD5
38
NE13
38
MK17
38
SN1
38
TN6
37
CT9
37
BA5
37
S35
37
HP3
37
CT10
37
CO7
37
HD2
37
WV1
37
TN39
37
CM20
37
NE37
37
CH65
37
W1K
37
N5
37
W13
37
CF62
37
SK4
37
TN12
37
BH8
37
PL21
37
SA14
37
L19
37
AB51
37
EC3V
37
B14
37
BD8
37
PO9
37
DL14
37
PE8
37
DE6
37
TW1
37
AL7
37
YO25
37
OX12
37
CW9
37
BS6
37
CW11
37
CV7
37
SE3
37
M21
37
KT9
36
KT8
36
YO11
36
HP7
36
CR7
36
HP1
36
SL9
36
GU51
36
PA1
36
GU4
36
YO12
36
GL15
36
W1S
36
W1H
36
S10
36
L31
36
TN2
36
B92
36
NN15
36
W11
36
TQ2
36
OX9
36
CF37
36
NP23
36
PL4
36
LE65
36
UB3
36
DY3
36
BT8
36
WF1
36
RH8
36
SE8
36
BD21
36
IP32
36
DE22
36
BT2
36
SE25
36
NE2
36
PO31
35
HR1
35
NP12
35
HP10
35
HG4
35
S3
35
GU27
35
BN26
35
LA6
35
B93
35
ST13
35
BN15
35
BN14
35
KT20
35
EN1
35
CF32
35
N19
35
SY3
35
WF17
35
SA12
35
B15
35
BH19
35
DY13
35
DT2
35
AB15
35
BD4
35
DN15
35
YO8
35
DL8
35
BT41
35
AL9
35
DA5
35
PO3
34
W9
34
BS21
34
CT13
34
TN9
34
HA0
34
SW14
34
GL6
34
SA62
34
SO21
34
LL13
34
OX29
34
SS5
34
WF8
34
CA1
34
NG34
34
SG2
34
DN35
34
WN8
34
LU3
34
OX1
34
BT45
34
DH7
34
BT36
34
BD18
34
SW3
34
PE25
34
DD8
34
TQ7
34
ME9
34
PE29
34
PE12
33
LD1
33
HP13
33
WV3
33
RH11
33
CM5
33
CM4
33
GL4
33
M29
33
G75
33
RG2
33
G71
33
RG22
33
G46
33
PO15
33
B23
33
FY1
33
SA33
33
NR6
33
WR14
33
PE21
33
WR2
33
BL4
33
B73
33
N1C
33
UB10
33
NG8
33
IV2
33
TA2
33
MK16
33
B12
33
B64
33
B62
33
DN3
33
S71
33
TS17
33
BT40
33
BT32
33
BD17
33
HX2
33
S64
33
SM3
33
TQ4
33
TD15
33
CV4
33
ME20
33
CV31
33
CV22
33
TN40
32
NW8
32
S41
32
WV2
32
HP12
32
TN27
32
LD3
32
B28
32
CM8
32
S43
32
CM19
32
GL3
32
RG30
32
SO16
32
KT22
32
G40
32
CF48
32
BL8
32
ST17
32
N10
32
LL17
32
EX16
32
YO17
32
EH54
32
B76
32
EH48
32
WF5
32
L8
32
KA1
32
EH22
32
WF4
32
CB22
32
NE28
32
M50
32
SK15
32
BT79
32
DY10
32
RH6
32
SA18
32
DN6
32
PR6
32
WD25
32
NG19
32
SR5
32
BD16
32
LS9
32
SE23
32