Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:47 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:14 am – 3:58 pm
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People7,816 residentsin the Bredon, Ashton & Eckington census areaMedian age 54.43,440 households78% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright9% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 3,634 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 11%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 42% work from home, 53% go by car, 4% walk or cycle36% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C684 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December42 days of air frost, 16 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 landmarksConderton Hillhill · under a mileBeckford Hillhill · 1.7 miLower Coppicewoodland · under a mileBeckford Coppicewoodland · under a mileThe Dinglevalley · 2.4 miWalmer Poollake · 4.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · 3.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes61 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200235 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202548 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 4.3 · PM2.5 6.0 · 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
Broadband60% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband94% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,480 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation67 m220 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 33 to 170 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNew Tewkesbury Community Hospital4.8 miGP surgeryBredon Hill Surgery2.2 miPharmacyNorthway Chemist3.0 miDentistNorthway Dental Care LTD3.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryOverbury CofE First Schoolages 5-10, 81 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryBredon Hill Academyages 10-13, 472 pupils2.5 miCollegeHartpury College13.9 miUniversityUniversity of Gloucestershire10.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX32 miRailway stationAshchurch for Tewkesbury3.2 miBus stationMerstow Green Bus StationEvesham6.1 miFerrySharpness Old Docks28 miBus stops9 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the GL20 postcode district.
