Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:39 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 33 min8:17 am – 3:50 pm
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People6,033 residentsin the Crich, Holloway & Wingfield census areaMedian age 53.62,738 households77% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright12% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.5% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 2,739 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 12%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 57% go by car, 1% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle47% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages39% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 1°C954 mm of rain a year, 29 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December47 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 landmarksLeawood Knollhill · under a mileGregory Damwater · under a mileCrich Mounthill · 1.1 miMill Pondpond · under a mileDimons Daledale · 2.2 miFanny's Coppicewoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHigh Tor Recreation Groundpark · 2.4 mi · 21 haLovers' Walkspark · 2.2 mi · 8 haDerwent Gardenspark · 2.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes217 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200248 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202541 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 5.4 · PM2.5 6.4 · 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
Broadband30% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband92% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,017 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation177 m581 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 70 to 252 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWhitworth Hospital Utc4.3 miGP surgeryThe Holloway Surgery2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCrich Pharmacy1.7 miDentistSteeple Grange Dental Practice2.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools4 primary, 1 specialPrimaryLea Primary Schoolages 3-11, 128 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCrich Carr CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 42 pupils1.3 miSecondaryAnthony Gell Schoolages 11-18, 776 pupils2.9 miCollegeChesterfield College10.2 miUniversityUniversity of Derby11.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA20 miRailway stationWhatstandwell1.3 miLight railMatlock (Peak Rail)3.1 miBus stationInterchangeMatlock3.1 miBus stops36 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE4 postcode district.
