Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 0 min4:36 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:17 am – 3:48 pm
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People6,165 residentsin the Creswell & Hodthorpe census areaMedian age 38.42,754 households52% of homes owner-occupied26% owned outright22% social rented, 26% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.5% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 2,633 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 22%, health and social work 17%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 15% work from home, 73% go by car, 4% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle51% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C637 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November44 days of air frost, 13 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 spacesWollen Meadowpark · 1.5 mi · 2 haHodthorpe Allotmentsallotments · under a milePoulter Country Parkpark · 3.2 mi · 76 haMarkland Multi Sports Arenaplaying field · 1.4 mi · 3 haThe Greenpark · 2.9 miCreswell Heritage and Wellbeing Centresports ground · 2.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes213 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200836 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202649 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: 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 6.9 · 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
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,170 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation70 m230 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 50 to 111 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBassetlaw Hospital4.0 miGP surgeryThe Surgery2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyThe Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryHodthorpe Primary Schoolages 3-11, 99 pupilsright herePrimaryWhitwell Primary Schoolages 3-11, 257 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryOutwood Academy Portlandages 11-18, 1,706 pupils3.0 miCollegeChesterfield College10.2 miUniversitySheffield Hallam University13.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA32 miRailway stationWhitwell (Derbys)under a mileBus stationWorksop Bus Station3.1 miBus stops28 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S80 postcode district.
