Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 43 min4:39 am – 9:23 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 45 min8:04 am – 3:50 pm
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People10,830 residentsin the Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing census areaMedian age 42.24,197 households76% of homes owner-occupied35% owned outright9% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.8% unemployment rate67% of adults are economically active, 5,529 in work, 20% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, professional and scientific services 11%, education 11%Getting to work: 47% work from home, 44% go by car, 4% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle44% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages43% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C639 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October51 days of air frost, 17 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 landmarksEasingwell Pondpond · under a milePark Greenwoodland · under a mileArnold's Springwoodland · under a mileWhite Hillhill · 2.9 miNew Lakelake · 4.7 miBummers Hillhill · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesColes Greenpark · 1.5 miHill Greenpark · 2.5 miBat Willow Hurst Country Parkpark · 4.4 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes20 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202034 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202544 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 5.4 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband80% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,866 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation126 m413 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 102 to 129 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHerts And Essex Hospital5.8 miGP surgeryPeacock Surgery4.5 miPharmacyPeacock Pharmacy4.5 miDentistChapel Hill Dental4.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryFurneux Pelham Church of England Schoolages 3-11, 107 pupils1.6 miPrimaryClavering Primary Schoolages 5-11, 179 pupils1.9 miSecondaryAvanti Grange Secondary Schoolages 11-18, 660 pupils4.2 miCollegeHertford Regional College11.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Stansted Airport STN6.4 miRailway stationStansted Mountfitchet4.5 miBus stationInterchangeBishops Stortford5.5 miFerryBarking Riverside PierCreekmouth29 miBus stops8 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SG9 postcode district.
