Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:51 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:17 am – 4:01 pm
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People6,559 residentsin the Belmont, Madley & Clehonger census areaMedian age 45.92,847 households70% of homes owner-occupied40% owned outright9% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 3,314 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 20% work from home, 68% go by car, 10% walk or cycle73% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages29% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C864 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October49 days of air frost, 10 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 landmarksBridge Sollershistoric site · 2.7 miSteep Hillhill · 1.1 miWarlow Poollake · 2.6 miMere Poollake · 2.7 miBatcho Hillhill · 1.2 miTretower Castle and Courtcastle · 3.8 miThe Weir Garden-National Trusthistoric site · 3.5 miWoodfield Barn Coppicewoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesPloughfield Greenpark · 2.1 miColdstone Commonpark · 2.1 miBlakemere Greenpark · 2.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes104 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 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 202630 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 2.4 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 9.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,929 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation95 m312 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 74 to 190 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHereford County Hospital7.5 miGP surgeryHerefordshire Mh Oa Community1.2 miPharmacyTesco Instore Pharmacy6.1 miDentistDental Centre5.1 miPolice stationSouth Wye Police StationHereford6.3 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools1 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryMadley Primary Schoolages 4-11, 174 pupils1.5 miSecondaryKingstone High Schoolages 11-16, 568 pupils2.0 miCollegeHerefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College8.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS46 miRailway stationHereford7.6 miFerrySharpness Old Docks28 miBus stops4 within a mileEV chargingWeneaHereford6.8 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HR2 postcode district.
