Local servicesHospitalWhitworth Hospital Utc6.1 miGP surgeryPeak & Dales Medical Partnershipunder a milePharmacyBoots2 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools2 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentPrimaryBakewell CofE Infant Schoolages 5-7, 36 pupilsright hereIndependentSt Anselm's Schoolages 0-13, 98 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryLady Manners Schoolages 11-18, 1,405 pupilsunder a mileCollegeChesterfield College10.5 miUniversityUniversity of Sheffield13.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN27 miRailway stationGrindleford6.6 miLight railRowsley South (Peak Rail)Northwood3.9 miBus stationBakewell Road Bus StationMatlock7.2 miBus stops46 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE45 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:39 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:18 am – 3:50 pm
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People6,315 residentsin the Bakewell North, Baslow & Calver census areaMedian age 55.72,953 households72% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright8% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.6% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,845 in work, 37% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 13%, education 12%Getting to work: 42% work from home, 48% go by car, 1% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle40% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages47% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 11°CColdest month February: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,150 mm of rain a year, 29 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 landmarksAshford Lakelake · 1.0 miCastle Hillhill · under a mileWigger Daledale · 1.2 miCoombs Reservoir (Low Level)reservoir · 1.9 miCoombs Reservoir High Levelreservoir · 2.0 miKirk Daledale · 2.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesScot's Gardenpark · under a mileBath Gardenspark · under a mileBakewell Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 18 haRutland Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 4 haThornbridge Outdoorssports ground · 1.8 mi · 9 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes223 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200143 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202535 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 4.6 · PM2.5 6.2 · PM10 9.5 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband40% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband91% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,236 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation123 m404 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 115 to 278 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
