Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:43 am – 9:23 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:05 am – 3:54 pm
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People7,301 residentsin the Moor Park & Batchworth census areaMedian age 46.42,596 households78% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright2% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.5% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 3,739 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, professional and scientific services 13%, retail and wholesale 13%Getting to work: 53% work from home, 32% go by car, 7% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle53% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages61% of adults hold a degree or higher8% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 90%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C666 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November39 days of air frost, 19 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 landmarksCastles Lakelake · 1.0 miThurlows Lakelake · 1.0 miBatchworth Heath Hillhill · under a mileWhite Hillhill · under a mileLongwaterwater · 1.2 miThe Aquadromewater · 1.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBishops Wood Country Parkpark · under a mile · 41 haRickmansworth Public Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 132 haBatchworth Heathpark · under a mile · 7 haGrove Greenpark · under a mileSouth Oxhey Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.7 mi · 63 haKing George V Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.7 mi · 13 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes33 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202023 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202532 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 10 · PM2.5 7.5 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband67% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,841 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation114 m374 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 55 to 117 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalUCLH Outreach: Bmi Bishops Wood Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryChg Bishops Wood Hospital16 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyLoomrose Pharmacy12 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistMount Vernon Dental Specialistsunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi21 schools11 primary, 3 secondary, 6 independent, 1 otherIndependentSt Martin's Schoolages 3-13, 337 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHoly Trinity CofE Primary Schoolages 2-11, 211 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySaint Joan of Arc Catholic Schoolages 11-18, 1,198 pupils1.5 miCollegeWest Herts College3.1 miUniversityBrunel University6.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR11 miRailway stationRickmansworth1.7 miUndergroundMoor Park Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationBrunswick Road / Clarendon RoadEaling9.0 miFerryKew Pier12 miBus stops24 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WD3 postcode district.
