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Local servicesHospitalRipley Hospital Utc2.4 miGP surgeryJessop Medical Practice3 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWellbeing Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi19 schools13 primary, 3 secondary, 1 independent, 1 special, 1 nurseryPrimaryRiddings Infant and Nursery Schoolages 3-7, 201 pupilsright herePrimaryRiddings Junior Schoolages 7-11, 236 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySwanwick Hall Schoolages 11-18, 1,025 pupils1.2 miCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College8.2 miUniversityUniversity of Derby10.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA17 miRailway stationAlfreton2.2 miBus stationAlfreton Bus Station2.0 miBus stops72 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

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County or areaDerbyshire
Postcode districtDE55
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:38 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 33 min8:16 am – 3:50 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People8,441 residentsin the Swanwick & Leabrooks census areaMedian age 49.13,813 households80% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright6% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.9% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 4,057 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 16%, retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 68% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle62% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C811 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October44 days of air frost, 11 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 1 to 7°CJFebruary: 1 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 10°CMApril: 4 to 13°CAMay: 7 to 16°CMJune: 10 to 19°CJJuly: 12 to 21°CJAugust: 12 to 21°CASeptember: 9 to 18°CSOctober: 7 to 14°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 7°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksCodnorpark Reservoirreservoir · under a mileButterley Reservoirreservoir · 1.5 miGolden Valleyvalley · under a milePye Hillhill · 1.2 miPingle Hillhill · 1.7 miPennytown Pondspond · 1.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesMidland Railway Centrepark · under a mile · 10 haThe Garden on the Greenpark · 1.2 miSomerlea Parkplaying field · under a mile · 4 haBrewster Memorial Gardenpark · 1.4 miCrays Hill Parkplaying field · under a mile · 7 haOrmonde Fields Golf Coursegolf course · 1.7 mi · 55 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes218 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200849 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202543 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 9.3 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband96% 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)4,044 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation136 m446 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 82 to 148 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50





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