Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 52 min4:36 am – 9:28 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 38 min8:09 am – 3:47 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People8,326 residentsin the Newborough & Peakirk census areaMedian age 46.33,546 households80% of homes owner-occupied45% owned outright6% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 4,121 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 13%, construction 10%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 61% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle76% 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, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 1°C585 mm of rain a year, 11 days with 10 mm or morewettest month July47 days of air frost, 22 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)
Parks and green spacesWerrington Meadowpark · 2.0 mi · 24 haCoronation Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 2 haOlive Branch Community Gardenspark · 2.5 miItter Parkpark · 2.6 miManor Farm Parkplaying field · 1.8 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes44 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200130 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Dec 202443 mi away, Gotham, NottinghamshireSource: 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 6.7 · 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
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,618 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation2 m7 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -1 to 5 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCommunity Hospitals4.3 miGP surgeryNewborough Primary Care Centre2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyNewborough Pharmacyunder a mileDentistNewborough Dental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools3 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryNewborough CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 162 pupilsunder a milePrimaryManor Drive Primary Academyages 3-11, 319 pupils1.8 miSecondaryManor Drive Secondary Academyages 11-16, 594 pupils1.8 miCollegeInspire Education Group3.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA49 miRailway stationPeterborough4.2 miBus stationQueensgate Bus ParkPeterborough4.1 miFerryWest Lynn Ferry Landing27 miBus stops10 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PE6 postcode district.
