Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:41 am – 9:26 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:07 am – 3:52 pm
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People8,972 residentsin the Ampthill & Millbrook census areaMedian age 43.03,747 households77% of homes owner-occupied36% owned outright10% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.5% unemployment rate67% of adults are economically active, 4,676 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, education 12%, construction 11%Getting to work: 42% work from home, 47% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle40% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C656 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October48 days of air frost, 16 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksValley Lakelake · 1.2 miHeydon Hillhill · under a mileBird Islandisland · 1.7 miStewartby Lakelake · 2.2 miBreakheart Hillhill · under a mileWestminster Pondpond · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesAmpthill Parkpark · under a mile · 63 haMillbrook Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 42 haVillage Squaresports ground · under a mile · 4 haMarston Vale Millennium Country Parkallotments · 1.4 miWixams Greenwaypark · 3.9 mi · 12 haSilsoe Millennium Greenpark · 4.4 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes33 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19708 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 23 Sep 200049 mi away, Warwick, WarwickshireMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202518 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.4 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband91% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,856 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation81 m266 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 49 to 130 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSteppingley Hospital1.9 miGP surgeryGreensand Surgery (Ampthill)7 surgeries within 2 miles1.6 miPharmacyW Cheeseman & Son LTD2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.5 miDentistSaxby Dental Surgery1.5 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools4 primary, 2 secondarySecondaryAlameda Middle Schoolages 9-13, 720 pupils1.3 miPrimaryThe Firs Lower Schoolages 2-9, 350 pupils1.4 miPrimaryRussell Lower Schoolages 5-9, 437 pupils1.6 miCollegeBedford College7.0 miUniversityCranfield University5.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN13 miRailway stationMillbrook (Beds)1.1 miBus stationTransport InterchangeFlitwick2.7 miBus stops7 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the MK45 postcode district.
