Local servicesHospitalLeominster Community Hospital5.2 miGP surgeryOrleton Surgeryunder a milePharmacyW S & B Rees Chemists4.8 miDentistMorton Hudson And Mileson4.8 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryOrleton CofE Primary Schoolages 5-11, 175 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWigmore Schoolages 11-19, 467 pupils4.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX44 miRailway stationLeominster5.0 miBus stationJunctionHopton Castle10 miBus stops7 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SY8 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:49 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:18 am – 3:59 pm
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People6,263 residentsin the Wigmore, Orleton & Brimfield census areaMedian age 54.62,769 households75% of homes owner-occupied53% owned outright7% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,936 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, health and social work 12%, farming, forestry and fishing 12%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 57% go by car, 5% walk or cycle35% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages38% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C783 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December46 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)
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · 2.2 miMillennium Greenpark · 4.3 miPinsley Meadpark · 4.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes110 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197018 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199015 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202626 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 2.7 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 9.5 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband78% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband92% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.5% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,010 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation93 m305 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 76 to 131 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
