Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:39 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:20 am – 3:51 pm
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People7,242 residentsin the Buxton Burbage & Harpur Hill census areaMedian age 47.53,110 households83% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright5% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,742 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, education 11%Getting to work: 26% work from home, 63% go by car, 1% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle63% 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 higher12% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C1,330 mm of rain a year, 44 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December59 days of air frost, 4 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 landmarksRiver's Valevalley · under a mileStanley Moor Reservoirreservoir · 1.2 miAshwood Daledale · 1.3 miBurbage Edgehill · under a mileCorbar Hillhill · 1.0 miLightwood Reservoirswater · 1.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesGrin Low and Buxton Country Parkpark · under a mile · 42 haCavendish Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 54 haPavilion Gardenspark · under a mile · 9 haGrin Low and Buxton Country Park Picnic Site and Car Parkpark · under a mileCote Heath Parkplaying field · under a mile · 3 haBuxton Cricket Bowling and Tennis Clubsports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes214 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197638 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202538 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 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband92% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,744 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation330 m1,083 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 294 to 449 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBuxton Cavendish Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryElmwood Medical Centre3 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyElmpharm LTD6 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistLightwood Dental Careunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi10 schools7 primary, 2 secondary, 1 otherPrimaryBurbage Primary Schoolages 5-11, 355 pupilsright hereSecondaryBuxton Community Schoolages 11-18, 954 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBuxton Junior Schoolages 7-11under a mileCollegeAquinas College13.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN16 miRailway stationBuxton1.0 miBus stationBus StationMacclesfield7.9 miBus stops60 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SK17 postcode district.
