Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:37 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:17 am – 3:49 pm
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People5,549 residentsin the Arkwright Town & Temple Normanton census areaMedian age 49.92,560 households74% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright16% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.5% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 2,523 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 20%, retail and wholesale 17%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 21% work from home, 70% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle63% 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 higher22% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C749 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December46 days of air frost, 11 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 spacesPoolsbrook Country Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 73 haEastwood Parkpark · under a mileGrassmoor Country Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 34 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes217 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200844 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202532 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 7.5 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband82% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,857 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation109 m358 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 67 to 151 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalChesterfield Royal Hospital1.4 miGP surgeryThe Surgery4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCalow Pharmacy3 pharmacies within 2 miles1.1 miDentistHasland Dental Practice2.1 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi12 schools9 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independent, 1 otherPrimaryArkwright Primary Schoolages 3-11, 99 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCalow CofE VC Primary Schoolages 3-11, 192 pupils1.2 miSecondarySpringwell Community Collegeages 11-16, 836 pupils1.7 miCollegeChesterfield College2.7 miUniversitySheffield Hallam University11.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA28 miRailway stationChesterfield2.4 miBus stationCollege CampusClowne4.8 miBus stops33 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S44 postcode district.
