Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 17 min4:31 am – 9:47 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 15 min8:28 am – 3:43 pm
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People12,145 residentsin the Barnard Castle & Upper Teesdale census areaMedian age 52.75,609 households68% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright13% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.3% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 5,209 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, manufacturing 11%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 53% go by car, 1% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle45% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 10°CColdest month January: highs 5°C, lows 0°C814 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December69 days of air frost, 4 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 landmarksJerry Forcewaterfall · 2.4 miHawkesley Hillhill · under a mileJack Scare Poollake · 2.4 miLangleydalevalley · under a mileJagger Hillhill · 1.3 miBlackling Holewaterfall · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHagg Groundspark · 2.7 mi · 2 haThe Greenpark · 3.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes66 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 197949 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202647 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: 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 7.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband70% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.9% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)5,944 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation251 m823 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 194 to 268 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalRichardson Hospital3.1 miGP surgeryBarnard Castle Surgery3.1 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy3.1 miDentistDental Department3.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeBishop Auckland College9.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME21 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL32 miRailway stationWolsingham9.5 miBus stationTeesdale School bus parkBarnard Castle2.9 miFerryTransporter Bridge South SideMiddlesbrough28 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DL12 postcode district.
