Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Manor Farm (Wiltshire)
Manor Farm (Wiltshire) is a power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 6.3 MW of capacity, operated by RB & T Barton Ltd.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land East of Manor Farm, Wadswick Box, Corsham, SN13 8JB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2015 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Dec 2014 (permit 14/03084/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Mar 2014 (reference 14/03084/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Dec 2014 (granted, reference 14/03084/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RB & T Barton Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 14.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4099, -2.2162 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Manor Farm (Wiltshire) is the 1,583rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,510th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.3 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,583rd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,510th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,027th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 14/03084/FUL
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 337 grid connections (106 operating, 1,172 MW), 91 substations, 8 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 7 MW grid connection at Spring Quarry West | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Corsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Leafield Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Norrington PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Norrington BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 20 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.