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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People13,717 residentsin the Wisbech South & Peckover census areaMedian age 42.65,992 households54% of homes owner-occupied32% owned outright18% social rented, 28% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.5% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 6,451 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 22%, retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 13% work from home, 63% go by car, 3% take public transport, 20% walk or cycle63% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages17% of adults hold a degree or higher31% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 77%8% cannot speak English wellSource: 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, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October39 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 · 3.5 miKindersley's Cuttidal water · 4.9 miEast Marshwetland · 4.8 miTydd St Mary's Marshwetland · 5.7 miPartridge Fishing Lakelake · 9.2 miKnarr Lakelake · 9.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesWisbech Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haThe Foal Groundpark · 2.0 miThe Hudson Leisure Centresports ground · 1.0 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes33 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19707 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200144 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 yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.5 · 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
Broadband89% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)6,491 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation3 m10 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 1 to 8 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorth Cambs Hospital - Mskunder a mileGP surgeryTrinity Surgery7 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistThe Park (Dental Surgery)under a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi15 schools8 primary, 2 secondary, 1 independent, 3 special, 1 otherPrimarySt Peter's CofE Aided Junior Schoolages 7-11, 225 pupilsunder a milePrimaryClarkson Infants Schoolages 2-7, 187 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryThomas Clarkson Academyages 11-18, 1,295 pupilsunder a mileCollegeThe College of West Anglia11.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNorwich Airport NWI46 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN54 miRailway stationMarch8.1 miBus stationHorse Fair Bus StationWisbechunder a mileFerryWest Lynn Ferry Landing11 miBus stops78 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PE13 postcode district.
