Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 56 min4:39 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:16 am – 3:50 pm
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People7,365 residentsin the Heanor East & Langley Mill census areaMedian age 43.43,269 households73% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright9% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,653 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, manufacturing 15%, health and social work 13%Getting to work: 21% work from home, 67% go by car, 3% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages23% of adults hold a degree or higher21% 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 2°C734 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October45 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)
Nearby landmarksCoppice Lakelake · under a mileShipley Lakelake · 1.3 miMapperley Reservoirreservoir · 1.8 miErewash Valleyvalley · 1.1 miShipley Hillhill · 1.4 miHogg's Pondpond · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesShipley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 300 haHeanor Memorial Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haTom Norman Memorial Gardenspark · under a mileHall Parkplaying field · 1.0 mi · 11 haAldercar Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haThe William Gregg Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes215 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200849 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202547 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 9.9 · PM2.5 7.4 · PM10 12 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)3,142 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation87 m285 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 51 to 128 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHeanor Memorial Hospital 2under a mileGP surgeryRoyal Primary Care Brooklyn9 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyManor Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi22 schools16 primary, 3 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryLaceyfields Academyages 3-7, 87 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMarlpool Junior Schoolages 7-11, 90 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryAldercar High Schoolages 11-18, 648 pupils1.0 miCollegeDerby College8.3 miUniversityUniversity of Nottingham7.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA12 miRailway stationLangley Millunder a mileBus stationWood StreetIlkeston2.7 miBus stops95 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE75 postcode district.
