Local servicesHospitalWhitworth Hospital Utc5.9 miGP surgeryPeak & Dales Medical Partnership2 surgeries within 2 miles1.4 miPharmacyBakewell Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.5 miDentistDental Surgery1.5 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools3 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentSecondaryLady Manners Schoolages 11-18, 1,405 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBakewell Methodist Academyages 7-11, 39 pupils1.1 miPrimaryYoulgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary Schoolages 4-11, 58 pupils1.4 miCollegeChesterfield College11.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN26 miRailway stationMatlock7.0 miLight railRowsley South (Peak Rail)Northwood3.9 miBus stationInterchangeMatlock7.0 miBus stops5 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE45 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:39 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:18 am – 3:50 pm
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People11,054 residentsin the Bakewell South, Darley Dale & Youlgreave census areaMedian age 53.75,032 households71% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright14% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 5,057 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 13%, education 9%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 56% go by car, 2% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle54% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 11°CColdest month February: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,152 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December53 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 spacesBath Gardenspark · 1.5 miScot's Gardenpark · 1.7 miRutland Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.4 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes223 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200250 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202537 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 3.7 · PM2.5 6.1 · PM10 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband37% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)5,380 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation238 m781 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 148 to 282 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
