Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 41 min4:40 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 47 min8:03 am – 3:51 pm
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People9,281 residentsin the North Weald, Matching & Sheering census areaMedian age 45.13,956 households71% of homes owner-occupied36% owned outright12% social rented, 17% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.9% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 4,709 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, construction 13%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 35% work from home, 54% go by car, 7% take public transport, 3% walk or cycle44% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages27% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C642 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 21 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 landmarksHarlowbury Chapelhistoric site · 2.8 mi1914-18 War Memorialhistoric site · 3.0 miThe Lakelake · 2.8 miOverflow Reservoirreservoir · 1.9 miThe Lower Forestforest · 2.6 miHarlow Parkwoodland · under a mileRye Hillhill · 2.2 miCanes Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesHarlow Commonpark · under a mile · 33 haHastingwood Allotmentsallotments · under a mileTown Parkpark · 2.9 mi · 39 haNicholls Field Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.3 mi · 8 haMark Hall Parkpark · 2.4 mi · 6 haChurch Langley Fieldplaying field · 1.6 mi · 9 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes21 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202037 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202549 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 9.5 · PM2.5 7.4 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband81% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,194 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation91 m299 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 67 to 104 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalPrincess Alexandra Hospital3.1 miGP surgerySt Clare Hospice10 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPotter Street Pharmacy5 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistFlorence Nightingale Health1.6 miPolice stationEssex Police - Harlow District2.8 miCash machineShell Harlow (082)1.4 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi12 schools9 primary, 1 secondary, 1 special, 1 otherPrimaryHenry Moore Primary Schoolages 5-11, 555 pupils1.2 miPrimaryPotter Street Academyages 5-11, 202 pupils1.2 miSecondaryPassmores Academyages 11-16, 1,199 pupils1.4 miCollegeHarlow College2.7 miUniversityAnglia Ruskin University13.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Stansted Airport STN10 miRailway stationHarlow Mill3.1 miUndergroundEpping Underground Station4.1 miBus stationBus StationHarlow Town Centre2.8 miFerryBarking Riverside PierCreekmouth16 miBus stops6 within a mileCar parkThe Stow Car ParkHarlow2.5 miEV chargingBe.EV Charging StationHarlow3 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CM17 postcode district.
