Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 11 min4:37 am – 9:48 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 20 min8:28 am – 3:49 pm
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People9,943 residentsin the Carnforth, Silverdale & Warton census areaMedian age 51.34,494 households79% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright7% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.7% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 4,562 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 16%, education 12%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 65% go by car, 2% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle54% 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 higher15% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C1,153 mm of rain a year, 34 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December43 days of air frost, 6 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 landmarksLeighton Hall Estatehistoric site · 1.0 miCinderbarrow Tarnlake · under a mileLittle Hawes Waterlake · 1.5 miWarton Old Rectoryhistoric site · 2.2 miSummerhouse Hillhill · under a mileRed Rakebeach · 2.8 miHanging Hillhill · 1.4 miDeepdale Pondpond · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesCinderbarrow Picnic Sitepark · under a mileSilverdale Golf Coursegolf course · 1.5 mi · 19 haWarton Cricket Clubplaying field · 1.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes81 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197646 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 20263 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: 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 3.0 · PM2.5 4.6 · PM10 7.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband83% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,793 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation45 m148 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 24 to 91 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalQueen Victoria Hospital8.1 miGP surgerySilverdale Surgery2.5 miPharmacySilverdale Pharmacy2.5 miDentistDental Surgery3.1 miPolice stationMorecambe Police Station8.0 miCash machineMoto - Burton North - Amenity, Burton West1.3 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryYealand Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 32 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBurton Morewood CofE Primary Schoolages 2-11, 165 pupils1.9 miSecondaryCarnforth High Schoolages 11-16, 657 pupils3.5 miCollegeLancaster and Morecambe College8.2 miUniversityUniversity of Lancaster11.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA50 miRailway stationSilverdale1.6 miBus stationBus StationMorecambe8.4 miFerryjettyFell Foot10 miBus stops12 within a mileCar parkSilverdale Shore Car ParkCarnforth2.8 miEV chargingGridserveCarnforth1.3 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LA5 postcode district.
