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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People11,079 residentsin the Wisbech North census areaMedian age 38.94,487 households49% of homes owner-occupied27% owned outright21% social rented, 30% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.8% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 5,042 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 23%, retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 9% work from home, 70% go by car, 2% take public transport, 17% walk or cycle62% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages15% of adults hold a degree or higher33% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 73%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 · 3.1 miKindersley's Cuttidal water · 4.5 miEast Marshwetland · 4.4 miTydd St Mary's Marshwetland · 5.3 miMill Hillhill · 7.7 miPartridge Fishing Lakelake · 9.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesWisbech Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haThe Foal Groundpark · 2.2 miGymsports ground · 1.1 miSource: 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 200145 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 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
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,768 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation3 m10 ft above sea levelSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorth Cambs Hospital - Mskunder a mileGP surgeryClarkson Surgery7 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots6 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistThe Park (Dental Surgery)under a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi17 schools9 primary, 3 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 pupils1.3 miCollegeThe College of West Anglia11.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNorwich Airport NWI46 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN55 miRailway stationWatlington8.5 miBus stationHorse Fair Bus StationWisbechunder a mileFerryWest Lynn Ferry Landing11 miBus stops59 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PE13 postcode district.
