Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 52 min4:35 am – 9:27 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 38 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°C587 mm of rain a year, 12 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October38 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 landmarksPeckover House and Gardenhistoric site · 1.4 miOctavia Hill's Birthplace Househistoric site · 1.5 miPaupers' Cuttidal water · 2.6 miKindersley's Cuttidal water · 4.1 miEast Marshwetland · 4.2 miTydd St Mary's Marshwetland · 4.7 miPartridge Fishing Lakelake · 7.3 miAshleigh Fishing Lakelake · 7.6 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesThe Foal Groundpark · under a mileWisbech Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 7 haThe Hudson Leisure Centresports ground · 1.1 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes35 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19707 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200143 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 18 Sep 202647 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 5.1 · PM2.5 6.9 · 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
Elevation4 m13 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 0 to 5 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorth Cambs Hospital - Msk1.7 miGP surgeryClarkson Surgery7 surgeries within 2 miles1.4 miPharmacyAsda Pharmacy5 pharmacies within 2 miles1.3 miDentist2-4 Exchange Square (Dental Surgery)1.4 miPolice stationMarch Police Station9.5 miCash machinePayzoneWisbech1.4 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi14 schools9 primary, 1 independent, 3 special, 1 otherPrimaryLeverington Primary Academyages 4-11, 190 pupilsunder a milePrimaryPeckover Primary Schoolages 3-11, 433 pupils1.0 miSecondaryThe Wisbech Academyages 11-16, 205 pupils2.1 miCollegeThe College of West Anglia12.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNorwich Airport NWI48 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN55 miRailway stationMarch8.6 miBus stationHorse Fair Bus StationWisbech1.5 miFerryWest Lynn Ferry Landing12 miBus stops28 within a mileCar parkThe Lawns car parkWisbech1.1 miEV chargingOsprey Charging StationWisbech2.7 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PE13 postcode district.
