Local servicesHospitalSpire Wellesley Hospital2.7 miGP surgeryWakering Medical Ctr.2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyGreat Wakering Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistDrewsteignton (Dental Surgery)1.5 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi10 schools7 primary, 1 secondary, 2 independentPrimaryBarling Magna Primary Academyages 4-11, 167 pupilsunder a milePrimaryGreat Wakering Primary Academyages 4-11, 412 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryShoeburyness High Schoolages 11-18, 1,713 pupils2.0 miCollegeSouth Essex College of Further and Higher Education3.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Southend Airport SEN4.1 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN33 miRailway stationThorpe Bay2.0 miBus stationBus StationBasildon Town Centre14 miFerryWallasea Island Ferry LandingCanewdon4.3 miBus stops33 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:39 am – 9:18 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:00 am – 3:49 pm
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People7,930 residentsin the Great Wakering & Foulness census areaMedian age 45.03,250 households76% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright11% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.2% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,765 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 14%, construction 12%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 60% go by car, 5% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle64% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher21% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C540 mm of rain a year, 11 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October29 days of air frost, 14 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 spacesFriars Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 8 haGunners Parkpark · 2.3 mi · 32 haGarons Park Golf Complexgolf course · 1.6 mi · 91 haBournes Green Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 5 haShoeburyness Parkplaying field · 1.6 mi · 5 haGrowing Together Allotmentsallotments · 1.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes12 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 May 201533 mi away, Ramsgate, KentMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 1 May 202645 mi away, Southern North SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 8.8 · 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
Broadband86% 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)3,485 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation9 m30 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 1 to 14 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
