Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 53 min4:39 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 37 min8:13 am – 3:50 pm
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People7,720 residentsin the East Goscote & Queniborough census areaMedian age 42.83,039 households82% of homes owner-occupied43% owned outright6% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,851 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 15%, education 11%Getting to work: 31% work from home, 62% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages32% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C641 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month July55 days of air frost, 14 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 landmarksBlack Poollake · under a mileGaddesby Hallhistoric site · 3.0 miShipley Hillhill · 1.1 miJohn Merricks' Lakelake · 2.7 miCastle Hill War Memorialcastle · 3.8 miMountsorrel Monumenthistoric site · 3.8 miPark Hillhill · 2.2 miBleak Moorwoodland · 1.5 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesJubilee Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 7 haCentral Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 2 haWatermead Country Parkpark · 2.6 mi · 147 haKing George's Fieldplaying field · under a mileDeville Parkpark · 1.9 miSouth Charnwood Leisure Centresports ground · 1.1 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes85 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200248 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Dec 202411 mi away, Gotham, NottinghamshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Medium risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 100 and a 1 in 30 chance in any yearAlso low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 8.7 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband90% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,279 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation57 m187 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 49 to 68 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLeicester General Hospital6.1 miGP surgeryThe County Practice5 surgeries within 2 miles1.3 miPharmacyYour Pharmacy5 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistThe Green Dental Practice LTD1.6 miPolice stationLeicestershire Constabulary4.7 miCash machineMorrisons Daily - Leicester East Goscote, East Goscoteunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi8 schools6 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentPrimaryBroomfield Community Primary Schoolages 4-11, 194 pupilsunder a milePrimaryQueniborough Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 200 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWreake Valley Academyages 11-18, 1,148 pupils1.1 miCollegeLeicester College7.4 miUniversityDe Montfort University6.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA14 miRailway stationSyston2.0 miBus stationSt Margaret's Bus StationLeicester6.3 miBus stops30 within a mileEV chargingRoam Charging StationLeicester1.8 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LE7 postcode district.
