Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:44 am – 9:24 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 48 min8:06 am – 3:55 pm
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People8,270 residentsin the Walter's Ash & Hughenden Valley census areaMedian age 49.63,320 households87% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright2% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 4,169 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, health and social work 11%, education 11%Getting to work: 45% work from home, 48% go by car, 2% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle54% 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 higher10% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C811 mm of rain a year, 23 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November38 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 landmarksPike Hillmountain · 2.9 miCockpit Holewater · under a mileHughenden Valleyvalley · 1.0 miWarren Waterlake · 2.7 miHunt's Hillhill · 1.8 miGomms Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesDownley Commonpark · 1.7 mi · 25 haHazlemere Golf Coursegolf course · 1.5 mi · 37 haKing George's Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 3 haAbbey Parkpark · 2.8 mi · 34 haPlomer Hillpark · 2.2 mi · 7 haSpurlands End Road Allotmentsallotments · 1.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes33 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202018 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202523 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 7.0 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband70% 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)3,538 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation175 m574 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 90 to 186 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalChiltern Hospital2.5 miGP surgeryHughenden Valley Surgery5 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyHughenden Valley Pharmacy5 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistThe Hazlemere Dental Practice1.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi15 schools11 primary, 3 secondary, 1 independentPrimaryGreat Kingshill Church of England Combined Schoolages 3-11, 451 pupilsright hereIndependentPipers Corner Schoolages 4-19, 598 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryHolmer Green Senior Schoolages 11-18, 1,244 pupils1.6 miCollegeBuckinghamshire College Group11.0 miUniversityBuckinghamshire New University2.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR18 miRailway stationHigh Wycombe2.4 miBus stationStation InterchangeHigh Wycombe2.4 miFerrySunbury Ferry Landing23 miBus stops50 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HP15 postcode district.
