Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:42 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:22 am – 3:53 pm
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People11,195 residentsin the Hartford & Kingsmead census areaMedian age 46.84,803 households80% of homes owner-occupied42% owned outright5% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 5,542 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, education 12%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 45% work from home, 49% go by car, 5% walk or cycle44% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages48% of adults hold a degree or higher9% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C780 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October31 days of air frost, 11 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 landmarksRookery Poollake · 1.3 miPetty Poollake · 1.6 miGibbet Hillhill · under a mileMarshalls Armwater · 1.0 miCastle Hillhill · 1.6 miRoyalty Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHartford Picnic Areapark · under a mile · 3 haMarbury Country Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 320 haValeroyal Parkgolf course · 1.1 mi · 56 haGrange Park Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haAnderton Nature Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 33 haMoss Farm Recreation Centresports ground · under a mile · 27 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes174 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197620 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202511 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.3 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 9.5 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% 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)5,450 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation50 m164 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 17 to 59 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalVictoria Infirmary Northwich Cdc1.7 miGP surgeryFirdale Medical Centre8 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyHartford Pharmacy11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi24 schools14 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 4 special, 1 sixth formPrimaryHartford Primary Schoolages 4-11, 396 pupilsunder a mileIndependentThe Grange Schoolages 4-19, 1,168 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryHartford Church of England High Schoolages 11-16, 1,102 pupilsunder a mileCollegeReaseheath College11.2 miUniversityUniversity of Chester14.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN13 miRailway stationHartfordunder a mileBus stationBus StationKnutsford8.2 miFerryGerry Marsden Ferry TerminalLiverpool22 miBus stops54 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CW8 postcode district.
