Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:46 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:16 am – 3:57 pm
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People8,794 residentsin the Hartlebury & Wychbold census areaMedian age 44.63,653 households72% of homes owner-occupied37% owned outright14% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 4,336 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 14%, manufacturing 9%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 61% go by car, 2% take public transport, 3% walk or cycle43% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C695 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October45 days of air frost, 15 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 landmarksThe Forestforest · under a mileStinton Poollake · 1.4 miHillditch Poollake · 2.1 miUpper Shooters Woodwoodland · 1.0 miDoverdalevalley · 2.4 miHoo Brook Fish Refugeriver · 3.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBowbrook Grange Open Spacepark · 1.3 miLeapgate Country Parkpark · 2.7 mi · 10 haHartlebury Allotmentsallotments · 1.3 mi · 3 haChaddesley Corbett Community Orchardpark · 3.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes87 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199036 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202648 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: 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 5.6 · PM2.5 6.2 · 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
Broadband61% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband94% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,867 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation49 m161 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 40 to 66 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalKidderminster Hospital4.8 miGP surgeryChaddesley Surgery3.1 miPharmacyNightingale Pharmacy3.3 miDentistDental Surgery3.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools2 primary, 2 specialPrimaryCutnall Green CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 147 pupils1.3 miPrimaryHartlebury CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 167 pupils1.6 miSecondaryThe Stourport High School and Sixth Form Collegeages 11-18, 1,039 pupils3.4 miCollegeHalesowen College11.0 miUniversityUniversity of Worcester9.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX21 miRailway stationHartleburyunder a mileBus stationKidderminster Bus Station4.5 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HR2 postcode district.
