Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:39 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 33 min8:17 am – 3:50 pm
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People6,414 residentsin the Ambergate, Heage & Idridgehay census areaMedian age 53.22,820 households85% of homes owner-occupied56% owned outright5% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 2,972 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 12%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 58% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle47% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C956 mm of rain a year, 28 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December52 days of air frost, 8 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 landmarksChapel Hillhill · under a mileConeygrave Hillockhill · 1.4 miThe Mountainmountain · 4.1 miGregory Damwater · 1.4 miDimons Daledale · 2.2 miPickard's Baulkwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · 2.5 miThe Fanny Shaw Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.9 miLovers' Walkspark · 3.1 mi · 8 haMiddleton Millenium Gardenspark · 3.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes218 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197022 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200246 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202543 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 4.9 · PM2.5 6.3 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband75% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.7% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,152 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation198 m650 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 124 to 278 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBabington Hospital4.4 miGP surgeryThe Holloway Surgery4 surgeries within 2 miles1.8 miPharmacyCrich Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.9 miDentistCoach House Dental Practice1.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools3 primary, 1 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryCrich Carr CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 42 pupils1.1 miPrimaryWirksworth Junior Schoolages 7-11, 76 pupils1.7 miSecondaryAnthony Gell Schoolages 11-18, 776 pupils1.8 miCollegeDerby College11.4 miUniversityUniversity of Derby9.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA19 miRailway stationWhatstandwell1.1 miLight railMatlock (Peak Rail)4.4 miBus stationBus GarageBelper4.2 miBus stops3 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE56 postcode district.
