Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 29 min5:06 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 59 min8:17 am – 4:16 pm
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People7,003 residentsin the Crackington & Tintagel census areaMedian age 54.33,188 households74% of homes owner-occupied53% owned outright8% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.4% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 3,102 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, construction 13%, hospitality 12%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 60% go by car, 9% walk or cycle38% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages29% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: highs 19°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C1,198 mm of rain a year, 39 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November16 days of air frost, 3 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 spacesKing Georges Fieldplaying field · 1.0 mi · 2 haEnfield Parkpark · 3.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes19 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 31 May 200127 mi away, Off Hartland Pt, DevonMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Aug 201942 mi away, Helston, CornwallSource: 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 2.1 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 9.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband64% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,650 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation189 m620 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 103 to 223 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBodmin Hospital Utc9.7 miGP surgeryDelabole Surgery9 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots3.0 miDentistPark Chambers Dental Surgery7.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryDelabole Primary Schoolages 4-11, 70 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Teath Community Primary Schoolages 2-11, 145 pupils1.3 miSecondarySir James Smith's Schoolages 11-16, 588 pupils2.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportCornwall Airport Newquay NQY16 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL82 miRailway stationBodmin Parkway12 miFerryRock Padstow Ferry Landing9.2 miBus stops5 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PL33 postcode district.
