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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People7,180 residentsin the Eye & Thorney census areaMedian age 43.03,049 households69% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright14% social rented, 16% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.5% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,543 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 12%, construction 10%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 62% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 6% 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 landmarksPaupers' Cuttidal water · 2.9 miKindersley's Cuttidal water · 4.4 miEast Marshwetland · 4.4 miPartridge Fishing Lakelake · 7.2 miAshleigh Fishing Lakelake · 7.5 miTydd St Mary's Marshwetland · 5.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Foal Groundpark · under a mileWisbech Parkpark · 1.6 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 200142 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 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
Broadband90% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,261 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation2 m7 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 surgeryNorth Brink Practice7 surgeries within 2 miles1.4 miPharmacyAsda Pharmacy6 pharmacies within 2 miles1.3 miDentist2-4 Exchange Square (Dental Surgery)1.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
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 pupils2.0 miCollegeThe College of West Anglia12.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNorwich Airport NWI48 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN55 miRailway stationMarch8.4 miBus stationHorse Fair Bus StationWisbech1.5 miFerryWest Lynn Ferry Landing12 miBus stops29 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PE6 postcode district.
