Local servicesHospitalUniversity Hospitals Plymouth Estover3.5 miGP surgeryChaddlewood Medical Practice2 surgeries within 2 miles1.9 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.0 miDentistThe White House Dental Surgery2.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools3 primaryPrimarySparkwell All Saints Primary Schoolages 4-11, 95 pupils1.0 miPrimaryGlen Park Primary Schoolages 2-11, 461 pupils1.7 miSecondaryPlympton Academyages 11-18, 984 pupils2.2 miCollegeCity College Plymouth7.2 miUniversityUniversity of St Mark & St John4.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportExeter International Airport EXT35 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL74 miRailway stationIvybridge5.1 miBus stationBus StationTavistock11 miFerryPlymouth Mount Batten Ferry Landing6.1 miBus stops8 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 27 min5:04 am – 9:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 1 min8:13 am – 4:14 pm
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People6,132 residentsin the Woolwell & Lee Mill census areaMedian age 47.22,608 households72% of homes owner-occupied37% owned outright6% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.3% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,228 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: health and social work 20%, retail and wholesale 12%, public administration and defence 11%Getting to work: 27% work from home, 62% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle73% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages34% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month February: highs 9°C, lows 3°C1,486 mm of rain a year, 48 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December30 days of air frost, 5 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 landmarksDrakelands Trout Lakelake · under a mileBottle Hillhill · under a mileHemerdon Ballhill · under a mileTorycombe Valleyvalley · 1.5 miWindwhistle Woodwoodland · under a mileLower Hooksburry Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesRowe Hall Memory Gardenpark · under a mileNewnham Meadowspark · 1.4 mi · 4 haElfordliegh Hotel Golf and Country Clubgolf course · 1.3 mi · 35 haSaltrampark · 3.3 mi · 124 haPeacock Meadowplaying field · 1.7 miNewnham Park Allotmentsallotments · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes14 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 24 Aug 200537 mi away, English ChannelMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 27 Oct 201624 mi away, Liskeard, CornwallSource: 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 4.0 · PM2.5 5.0 · PM10 8.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband85% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband89% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,720 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation163 m535 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 59 to 214 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
