Solar Farming in Dereham

Solar & farming around Dereham

Dereham, in Norfolk, sits within East of England — a part of the country shaped by generations of farming across flat, sunny arable land, fens and gentle East Anglian farmland. Like much of the region, the land around Dereham has long been worked for arable and livestock, and that agricultural character still defines the countryside beyond the town today.

It is exactly this kind of farmland that makes Dereham and its surrounding parishes well suited to solar farming. Open fields, established field boundaries and a working relationship with the land mean that, where grid capacity allows, solar farms and agrivoltaic schemes can sit comfortably alongside continued agriculture — adding a stable income without taking the land out of the farming community.