Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:37 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:17 am – 3:49 pm
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People7,899 residentsin the Bolsover South & Glapwell census areaMedian age 49.53,603 households73% of homes owner-occupied43% owned outright16% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 3,633 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 17%, construction 11%Getting to work: 20% work from home, 71% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle53% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher23% 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 2°C750 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November47 days of air frost, 10 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 landmarksBroadoak Hillhill · 1.5 miCar Woodwoodland · under a mileTerrace Woodwoodland · under a mileCar Pondspond · 1.1 miFox Hillhill · 2.3 miPleasley Valevalley · 2.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesPleasley Pit Country Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 70 haHardwick Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 412 haSilverhill Wood Country Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 117 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes221 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200842 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202535 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 7.1 · 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
Broadband79% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,012 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation174 m571 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 103 to 181 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBolsover Community Hospital2.9 miGP surgeryThe Surgery2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPleasley Pharmacy2.2 miDentistTreeline Dental Care Bolsover2.8 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryBramley Vale Primary & Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 137 pupils1.0 miPrimaryPalterton Primary Schoolages 4-11, 87 pupils1.4 miSecondaryThe Bolsover Schoolages 11-16, 911 pupils2.6 miCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College6.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA25 miRailway stationShirebrook3.5 miBus stationSutton Bus StationSutton in Ashfield4.5 miBus stops22 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S44 postcode district.
