Balkonkraftwerk 08 22 32 022000.jpeg
Photograph by Shisma.
This image carries the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 licence. Original.
Every photograph, and where it came from
Blanchland, Northumberland
The village street at Blanchland, Northumberland.
Photograph by Draco2008.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
Summerville Durham Street # dailyshoot
A back lane in Durham, with walls and a garage behind the houses.
Photograph by Leshaines123.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
Durham
Houses above the Wear at Durham.
Photograph by ADTeasdale.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
Solar panels house Yate, South
Panels on a house roof on an ordinary street in England.
Photograph by unknown.
This image carries the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 licence. Original.
Solar Array
A free standing frame on open ground.
Photograph by sridgway.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
War Lane, Harborne - old wall advert - Building Repairs - A.W. Reynolds & Son
A brick gable end with an old painted sign on it.
Photograph by ell brown.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
Catherine's Cottage, our accommodation.
A stone wall with a timber door in it.
Photograph by thompsoe.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
247 Home Rescue electric plugs.jpg
A switched double 13 amp socket to BS 1363, mounted in surface trunking.
Photograph by 247homerescue.
This image carries the Creative Commons Zero licence. Original.
Castle cottage
A house with open ground in front of it.
Photograph by quinet.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
Whitley bay Lighthouse
St Mary's lighthouse at Whitley Bay.
Photograph by SeanJCPhoto.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
Cullercoats Tide
The bay at Cullercoats, North Tyneside.
Photograph by WISEBUYS21.
This image carries the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 licence. Original.
Durham Castle as Viewed from the Top of Durham Cathedral
Durham from the cathedral tower.
Photograph by stacey.cavanagh.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
066569:Victorian Pillar Box Osborne Avenue Jesmond Denness B. 1976
Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Photograph by Newcastle Libraries.
This image carries the Public Domain Mark 1.0 licence. Original.
Blanchland, Northumberland
A village of stone houses on a hillside road.
Photograph by Draco2008.
This image carries the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Original.
We wrote down each licence as we picked the photograph, then opened every frame at full size on 13 September 2026 to check it still matched its caption. The one background tile came from transparenttextures.com. Glyph shapes come from Lucide, which carries the ISC licence.
Where were you thinking of putting it?
Tell us your name, postcode and email, and the roof, wall or yard you're thinking of. The reply is an email saying whether the rules allow it and roughly what it would generate.
Replies come by email. Nothing is passed on and nobody pays us commission.
Tell us about your house
Send us a postcode and a line about the surface. You get an email back with the answer for your own house.
- What your surface is made of. The rules treat brick, stone, render and timber differently.
- Where you want the panel. A roof, a yard, a wall or a balcony. Each one generates a different amount.
- An answer by email. We say whether the rules allow it, and what it would generate at your house.