Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:50 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:16 am – 4:00 pm
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People7,929 residentsin the Hereford North East census areaMedian age 45.53,418 households72% of homes owner-occupied42% owned outright9% social rented, 17% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,960 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 16%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 59% go by car, 1% take public transport, 18% walk or cycle76% 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 higher15% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C685 mm of rain a year, 17 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)
Parks and green spacesAylestone Parkpark · under a mile · 20 haHereford Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 53 haChurchill Gardenspark · 1.1 mi · 4 haBeaumont Gardenspark · 1.1 miPlaygroundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haWidemarsh Commonplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes100 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197018 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199028 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202633 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Medium risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 100 and a 1 in 30 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.1 · PM2.5 5.5 · PM10 9.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband90% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,930 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation78 m256 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 53 to 113 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWye Valley Hospital1.4 miGP surgeryHereford Medical Group28 surgeries within 2 miles1.1 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistTupsley Dental Practice1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi18 schools7 primary, 3 secondary, 1 independent, 5 special, 1 sixth form, 1 otherPrimaryHolmer CofE Academyages 4-11, 417 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Francis Xavier's Primary Schoolages 4-11, 215 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryAylestone Schoolages 11-16, 443 pupils1.4 miCollegeHerefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College1.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS48 miRailway stationHereford1.2 miFerrySharpness Old Docks26 miBus stops58 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HR1 postcode district.
