Local servicesHospitalWimborne Community Hospital3.0 miGP surgeryHadleigh Lodge6 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyBoots6 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistCorfe Mullen Dental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi14 schools7 primary, 5 secondary, 2 independentPrimaryHenbury View First Schoolages 5-9, 148 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRushcombe First Schoolages 4-9, 313 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCorfe Hills Schoolages 13-18, 943 pupilsunder a mileCollegeThe Bournemouth and Poole College3.8 miUniversityArts University Bournemouth5.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBournemouth Airport BOH8.1 miMajor airportBristol Airport BRS52 miRailway stationHamworthy2.6 miBus stationBus StationPoole3.6 miFerryPoole Quay Ferry Landing3.9 miBus stops41 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 30 min4:54 am – 9:25 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 57 min8:07 am – 4:04 pm
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People10,374 residentsin the Corfe Mullen census areaMedian age 47.94,296 households82% of homes owner-occupied47% owned outright7% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 5,036 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 13%, construction 12%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 61% go by car, 1% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle64% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages32% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 3°C945 mm of rain a year, 32 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November37 days of air frost, 13 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 spacesUpton Country Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 63 haBroadstone Golf Clubgolf course · 1.0 mi · 104 haCreekmoor Ponds Nature Reservepark · 1.4 mi · 8 haMeadow Gardenpark · 1.5 miCorfe Mullen Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.3 mi · 15 haCorfe Mullen Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes20 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 5 Dec 201948 mi away, Bridgwater, SomersetMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202640 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: 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 6.1 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 8.9 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband84% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.3% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,385 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation82 m269 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 36 to 92 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
