Local servicesHospitalPrimary Care Assessment Service (Furness General Hospital)1.9 miGP surgeryDalton Surgeryright herePharmacyDalton Pharmacyright hereDentistMarket Street Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi8 schools7 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryChapel Street Infants and Nursery Schoolages 2-7, 81 pupilsright herePrimaryGeorge Romney Junior Schoolages 7-11, 75 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryDowdales Schoolages 11-16, 877 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL58 miRailway stationDaltonDalton-in-Furnessunder a mileBus stationStagecoach DepotHindpool3.3 miFerryRoa Island Ferry Landing5.8 miBus stops33 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LA15 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 11 min4:39 am – 9:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 21 min8:30 am – 3:51 pm
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People5,731 residentsin the Dalton South census areaMedian age 47.42,648 households78% of homes owner-occupied43% owned outright7% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 2,787 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 17%, health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 14%Getting to work: 20% work from home, 67% go by car, 5% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle88% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 10% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: average 16°CColdest month January: average 5°C1,196 mm of rain a year, 36 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November37 days of air frost, 5 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid
Nearby landmarksStanding Tarnlake · under a mileHagg Hillshills · under a mileGill Dubwater · under a mileUrswick Tarnlake · 2.4 miHousethwaite Hillhill · 1.0 miHigh Haumehill · 1.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesStainton Greenpark · 1.4 miAdgarley Greenpark · 1.5 miDalton Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 2 haBarrow Public Parkpark · 3.0 mi · 20 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes64 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19708 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197648 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202614 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 3.1 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 8.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% 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)2,808 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation39 m128 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 23 to 95 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
