Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 43 min4:47 am – 9:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 46 min8:12 am – 3:58 pm
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People7,269 residentsin the Sandywell, Ermin & Chedworth census areaMedian age 50.43,098 households70% of homes owner-occupied42% owned outright8% social rented, 22% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.1% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,665 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 12%, education 11%, retail and wholesale 11%Getting to work: 48% work from home, 44% go by car, 1% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle37% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages50% of adults hold a degree or higher10% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C922 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December52 days of air frost, 11 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 landmarksNotgrove Long Barrowhistoric site · 2.3 miGallows Hillhill · 1.0 miCotswold Hillshills · 1.7 miLeygore Bottomvalley · 1.3 miTurkdean Woodwoodland · under a mileAston Road Woodwoodland · under a mileBroadwater Bottomvalley · 1.8 miBunker's Hillhill · 2.0 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · 2.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes55 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19707 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200249 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202540 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 3.4 · PM2.5 5.9 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband79% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.8% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,329 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation206 m676 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 150 to 233 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMoore Cottage Hospital4.2 miGP surgeryWestwood Surgery2.3 miPharmacyThe Cotswold Pharmacy2.0 miDentistRiverside Dental Surgery4.1 miPolice stationStow-on-the-Wold, Police StationCheltenham7.2 miCash machineCotswold Store (Attack), North Leach2.0 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryCold Aston Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 74 pupils1.8 miSecondaryThe Cotswold Academyages 11-18, 1,564 pupils4.2 miCollegeCirencester College11.8 miUniversityUniversity of Gloucestershire10.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX41 miRailway stationKingham9.7 miBus stationRoyal WellCheltenham10 miFerrySharpness Old Docks29 miBus stops4 within a mileEV chargingRissington Road Car Park4.2 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the GL54 postcode district.
