Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 14 min4:36 am – 9:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 18 min8:30 am – 3:49 pm
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People5,269 residentsin the Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell census areaMedian age 55.42,427 households71% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright7% social rented, 22% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting1.9% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 2,632 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: hospitality 14%, retail and wholesale 12%, health and social work 9%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 55% go by car, 7% walk or cycle39% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages43% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month February: highs 7°C, lows 1°C2,033 mm of rain a year, 63 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December59 days of air frost, 5 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 landmarksHill Top Beatrix Potter Househistoric site · under a mileOut Dubs Tarnlake · under a mileEsthwaite Waterlake · under a mileNational Trust - Claife Viewing Station and Windermere West Shorehistoric site · 1.2 miEes Wykebay · under a mileMatson Shoalbay · 1.2 miCastle Wood Hillhill · under a mileCrow Holmeisland · 1.3 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesBorrans Parkpark · 4.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes75 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 197946 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202614 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 1.8 · PM2.5 4.3 · PM10 6.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband40% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband87% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,989 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation95 m312 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 64 to 197 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWestmorland General Hospital10 miGP surgeryHawkshead Surgery1.8 miPharmacyCollins & Butterworth LTD1.9 miDentistDental Surgery2.8 miPolice stationAllerdale PoliceAmbleside7.6 miCash machineThe Cooperative Food Hawkshead, Hawkshead1.9 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryHawkshead Esthwaite Primary Schoolages 4-11, 30 pupils1.7 miSecondaryThe Lakes Schoolages 11-18, 445 pupils3.4 miCollegeKendal College9.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA63 miRailway stationWindermere3.3 miBus stationBus Rail InterchangeWindermere3.3 miFerryFar Sawrey Windermere Ferry Terminal1.3 miBus stops6 within a mileCar parkBogle Crag car parkSatterthwaite2.5 miEV chargingRoam Charging StationWindermere2.2 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LA22 postcode district.
