Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:37 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:17 am – 3:48 pm
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People9,681 residentsin the Langwith, Shirebrook South & Pleasley census areaMedian age 42.54,222 households58% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright16% social rented, 26% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.6% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 4,635 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 28%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 67% go by car, 3% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages18% of adults hold a degree or higher30% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%4% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C780 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October47 days of air frost, 9 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 landmarksFox Hillhill · under a mileThe Lakelake · 2.9 miRoseland Woodwoodland · under a mileLangwith Woodwoodland · under a milePleasley Valevalley · 2.7 miMill Pondpond · 2.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesPoulter Country Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 76 haPleasley Pit Country Parkpark · 2.2 mi · 70 haHornscroft Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 3 haKissingate Centresports ground · 1.9 mi · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes219 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200840 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202534 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 6.7 · PM2.5 7.0 · 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
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,488 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation140 m459 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 128 to 174 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBolsover Community Hospital1.6 miGP surgeryWelbeck Road Health Centre4 surgeries within 2 miles1.7 miPharmacyRowlands Pharmacy3 pharmacies within 2 miles1.7 miDentistTreeline Dental Care Bolsover1.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi12 schools8 primary, 2 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryScarcliffe Primary Schoolages 4-11, 89 pupilsright hereSecondaryThe Bolsover Schoolages 11-16, 911 pupils1.2 miPrimaryPalterton Primary Schoolages 4-11, 87 pupils1.2 miCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College6.9 miUniversitySheffield Hallam University14.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA27 miRailway stationShirebrook2.5 miBus stationCollege CampusClowne4.1 miBus stops14 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S44 postcode district.
