Local servicesHospitalClaremont Hospital5.4 miGP surgerySteel City General Practice3 surgeries within 2 miles1.4 miPharmacyTotley Pharmacy4 pharmacies within 2 miles1.4 miDentistTotley Rise Dental Practice1.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi9 schools7 primary, 1 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryPenny Acres Primary Schoolages 4-11, 59 pupilsunder a milePrimaryTotley Primary Schoolages 4-11, 424 pupils1.1 miSecondaryKing Ecgbert Schoolages 11-18, 1,575 pupils1.6 miCollegeThe Sheffield College6.2 miUniversityUniversity of Sheffield6.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN31 miRailway stationDore & Totley2.3 miBus stationSheffield Interchange/B6Sheffield Centre6.5 miBus stops13 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S18 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 0 min4:38 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:18 am – 3:49 pm
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People6,790 residentsin the Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield census areaMedian age 52.82,931 households87% of homes owner-occupied56% owned outright6% social rented, 7% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 2,884 in work, 39% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 13%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 59% go by car, 2% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages38% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C851 mm of rain a year, 22 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December44 days of air frost, 8 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 spacesTotley Hall Parkpark · under a mileTotley Brook Open Spacepark · 1.4 miSindelfingen Parkpark · 1.9 mi · 5 haTotley Sports and Social Clubplaying field · 1.2 mi · 2 haFrancis Fields Allotment Gardensallotments · 1.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes215 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200143 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202528 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 5.7 · PM2.5 6.5 · PM10 10.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband70% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,007 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation257 m843 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 163 to 291 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
