Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 52 min4:35 am – 9:27 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 37 min8:08 am – 3:46 pm
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People6,808 residentsin the Leverington, Gorefield & Tydd St Giles census areaMedian age 51.93,001 households78% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright9% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate53% of adults are economically active, 2,921 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, manufacturing 14%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 20% work from home, 73% go by car, 1% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher25% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C607 mm of rain a year, 12 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October40 days of air frost, 19 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 landmarksPaupers' Cuttidal water · 3.4 miPartridge Fishing Lakelake · 5.7 miAshleigh Fishing Lakelake · 5.9 miKindersley's Cuttidal water · 4.8 miEast Marshwetland · 4.9 miTydd St Mary's Marshwetland · 5.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Foal Groundpark · 1.5 miWisbech Parkpark · 3.1 mi · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes38 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19707 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200141 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 18 Sep 202648 mi away, Southern North SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Medium risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 100 and a 1 in 30 chance in any yearAlso low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.5 · PM2.5 6.7 · 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
Broadband84% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.0% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,260 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation2 m7 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -2 to 3 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorth Cambs Hospital - Msk3.2 miGP surgeryParson Drove Surgery2.6 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.6 miDentist2-4 Exchange Square (Dental Surgery)2.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools2 primary, 1 specialPrimaryGorefield Primary Academyages 4-11, 95 pupilsright herePrimaryLeverington Primary Academyages 4-11, 190 pupils1.8 miSecondaryThe Wisbech Academyages 11-16, 205 pupils3.4 miCollegeThe College of West Anglia14.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNorwich Airport NWI50 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN56 miRailway stationMarch8.7 miBus stationHorse Fair Bus StationWisbech3.1 miFerryWest Lynn Ferry Landing13 miBus stops14 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PE13 postcode district.
