Maldon · 2026 Local Guide Maldon Solar Guide: Hythe Quay Barges, Blackwater Tides & 10 Verified Installers 10 MCS-certified firms for Maldon, Heybridge, Heybridge Basin, Great Totham, Tollesbury, Woodham Walter and the Tolleshunts. Maldon sits where the Chelmer meets the Blackwater, and Hythe Quay is still home port to around…

Harwich · 2026 Local Guide Harwich Solar Guide: Port Town, Offshore Wind & 10 Verified Installers 10 MCS-certified firms for Old Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Little Oakley and Ramsey. Harwich is a port town at the mouth of the Stour and Orwell, with the Mayflower captain Christopher Jones’s house on Kings…

Harlow · 2026 Local Guide Harlow Solar Guide: New-Town Homes, Covenants & 10 Verified Installers 10 MCS-certified firms for Old Harlow, Church Langley, Newhall, Great Parndon, Mark Hall, Netteswell and the rest of Harlow. Harlow was designated a new town on 25 March 1947 to Sir Frederick Gibberd’s masterplan, and…

Colchester · 2026 Local Guide Colchester Solar Guide: Roman Walls, Dry Skies & 10 Verified Installers 10 MCS-certified firms for Colchester, Lexden, Stanway, Highwoods, Greenstead, Mile End and Wivenhoe. Colchester claims to be Britain’s oldest recorded town, and its Roman walls, Balkerne Gate and Norman castle keep, built on the…

Chigwell · 2026 Local Guide Chigwell Solar Guide: Village Conservation, London-Edge Homes & 10 Verified Installers 10 MCS-certified firms for Chigwell village, Chigwell Row and Grange Hill on the Essex side of IG7. Chigwell sits right on London’s north-eastern edge: its High Road village has a 17th-century coaching inn said…

Chelmsford · 2026 Local Guide Chelmsford Solar Guide: Marconi’s City, Longfield’s Neighbour & 10 Verified Installers 10 MCS-certified firms for Chelmsford, Springfield, Great Baddow, Writtle, Broomfield and the CM1–CM3 villages. Chelmsford was home to Marconi’s first wireless factory and became a city in June 2012. It is still growing, with…