Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 53 min4:40 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 37 min8:14 am – 3:51 pm
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People10,686 residentsin the Loughborough - Shelthorpe & Woodthorpe census areaMedian age 35.14,152 households60% of homes owner-occupied28% owned outright21% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.7% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 4,818 in work, 17% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, education 18%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 28% work from home, 53% go by car, 3% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle62% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages34% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 92%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C678 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 15 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 landmarksCharnwood Waterlake · under a mileCastle Hill War Memorialcastle · 2.8 miBarrow upon Soar (parish)historic site · 2.5 miMountsorrel Monumenthistoric site · 2.8 miHangingstone Hillshills · 1.8 miNanpanton Reservoirreservoir · 2.2 miSwithland Reservoirreservoir · 2.3 miCatsick Hillhill · 1.8 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesBroombriggs Farm Country Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 70 haBeacon Hill Country Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 124 haSouthfields Parkpark · 1.2 mi · 3 haCharnwood Forest Golf Coursegolf course · 1.6 mi · 34 haQuorn Cricket Groundplaying field · under a mileShelthorpe Community Gardenallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes132 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200243 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Dec 20247 mi away, Gotham, NottinghamshireSource: 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 8.5 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,339 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation56 m184 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 38 to 73 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLoughborough Hospital2.0 miGP surgeryBeaumont Road Surgery19 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyShelthorpe Pharmacy15 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistGosal Orthodontics LTDunder a milePolice stationLoughborough Police Station1.3 miCash machineHunters Moon (ATMaaS)under a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi23 schools11 primary, 4 secondary, 3 independent, 5 specialPrimaryOutwoods Edge Primary Schoolages 4-11, 412 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLift Beaconages 2-11, 379 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWoodbrook Vale Schoolages 11-16, 839 pupilsunder a mileCollegeLoughborough College1.5 miUniversityLoughborough University1.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA7.8 miRailway stationLoughborough (Leics)2.0 miBus stationSt Margaret's Bus StationLeicester8.1 miBus stops81 within a mileCar parkStation Road Car Park1.3 miEV chargingbp PulseLoughborough1.4 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LE12 postcode district.
