Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 42 min4:51 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 47 min8:15 am – 4:02 pm
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People10,857 residentsin the Kingstone & Kingsthorne census areaMedian age 48.94,586 households72% of homes owner-occupied45% owned outright10% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.5% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 5,287 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 14%, manufacturing 9%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 61% go by car, 7% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages35% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month December: highs 8°C, lows 2°C926 mm of rain a year, 26 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October34 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 landmarksAncre Hillhill · under a mileSwan Poollake · 2.6 miLong Hillhill · 1.9 miPen-y-lanmountain · 4.6 miHolywell Woodwoodland · under a milePen-y-clawddmountain · 4.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesMonmouth Golf Clubgolf course · 1.0 mi · 40 haMonmouth School Sports Clubsports ground · under a mile · 2 haChippenham Mead Allotmentsallotments · under a mileRockfield Parkplaying field · under a mile · 3 haCrow Ashpark · 4.1 miBells Fieldpark · 4.5 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes101 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199045 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202647 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 5.4 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband78% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband88% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.9% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,989 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation22 m72 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 11 to 73 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMonmouth General Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryDixton Road Surgery2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyD R Rosser LTD4 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentist10 St James Streetright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools4 primary, 1 secondary, 2 independentIndependentHaberdashers's Monmouth Schoolright hereSecondaryMonmouth Comprehensive School1,696 pupilsunder a milePrimaryOsbaston Church in Wales School197 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS30 miRailway stationLydney10 miBus stationMonmouth Bus Station Stand 1under a mileFerryLydney Harbour11 miBus stops76 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HR1 postcode district.
