Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:45 am – 9:24 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:06 am – 3:55 pm
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People12,920 residentsin the Town Centre & Marlow Hill census areaMedian age 32.94,432 households57% of homes owner-occupied23% owned outright9% social rented, 33% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.0% unemployment rate68% of adults are economically active, 6,371 in work, 12% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 15%, education 10%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 43% go by car, 7% take public transport, 13% walk or cycle61% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages43% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 80%4% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 1°C804 mm of rain a year, 25 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November44 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 landmarksBurroughs Grove Hillhill · 1.3 miKeep Hillhill · 1.8 miFive Acre Woodwoodland · under a mileRowliff Woodwoodland · under a mileLock Islandisland · 3.6 miTaylor Islandisland · 3.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesChairborough Road Nature Reservepark · under a mile · 4 haRound Woodpark · under a mile · 7 haTom Burt's Hillpark · 1.0 mi · 12 haSports Centresports ground · under a mileDesborough Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.3 mi · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes34 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202021 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202526 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 9.7 · PM2.5 7.2 · 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
Broadband72% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,024 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation159 m522 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 98 to 162 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWycombe Hospital1.3 miGP surgeryCressex Health Centre14 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyCressex Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistCressex Dental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi21 schools9 primary, 3 secondary, 1 all-through, 3 independent, 3 special, 2 otherSecondaryCressex Community Schoolages 11-18, 766 pupilsunder a milePrimaryChepping View Primary Academyages 4-11, 422 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBooker Hill Primary School & Nurseryages 3-11, 235 pupilsunder a mileCollegeThe Henley College7.8 miUniversityBuckinghamshire New University1.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR17 miRailway stationHigh Wycombe1.7 miBus stationCoachwayHigh Wycombeunder a mileFerryShepperton Ferry Landing21 miBus stops93 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HP12 postcode district.
