Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 51 min4:42 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:14 am – 3:53 pm
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People7,406 residentsin the Stoke Golding, Higham & Fenny Drayton census areaMedian age 48.63,030 households81% of homes owner-occupied45% owned outright6% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,733 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, manufacturing 12%, education 11%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 57% go by car, 7% 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, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C686 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October46 days of air frost, 13 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 landmarksCrown Hillhill · under a mileHarper's Hillhill · 1.8 miFoundation Lakelake · 3.7 miHoney Hill Woodwoodland · 1.5 miHeath Woodwoodland · 1.5 miStubbs Poollake · 4.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · under a mileShenton Stationpark · 1.7 mi · 6 haBosworth Battlefield Country Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 5 haWykin Community Parkplaying field · 1.6 mi · 9 haKing George's Fieldplaying field · 1.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes124 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200232 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202546 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 7.1 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband47% 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)3,242 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation108 m354 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 84 to 114 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalH & B Hospital Wards1.8 miGP surgeryPine Close Surgeryunder a milePharmacyHinckley Pharmacy Delivery2.1 miDentistDental Surgery2.8 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi9 schools5 primary, 2 secondary, 2 specialPrimarySt Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Goldingages 5-11, 217 pupilsright hereSecondarySaint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academyages 11-16, 731 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHigham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 92 pupils1.5 miCollegeNorth Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College3.2 miUniversityCoventry University11.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX16 miRailway stationHinckley3.0 miLight railShenton Rail Station (Battlefield Line)2.0 miBus stationBus StationNuneaton3.9 miBus stops17 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CV13 postcode district.
