Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 4 min4:41 am – 9:45 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 27 min8:26 am – 3:53 pm
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People7,527 residentsin the Hesketh Park census areaMedian age 58.93,721 households65% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright15% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.7% unemployment rate42% of adults are economically active, 2,659 in work, 42% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 56% go by car, 4% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle61% 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 higher22% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C883 mm of rain a year, 22 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December32 days of air frost, 5 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 landmarksSerpentine Lakelake · under a mileMarine Lakelake · 1.4 miSouthport Beachbeach · 1.7 miSouthport Sandsbeach · 2.5 miMarshside Marshwetland · under a mileCrossens Marshwetland · 1.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHesketh Parkpark · under a mile · 12 haHesketh Golf Linksgolf course · under a mile · 56 haTown Lanepark · 2.0 mi · 22 haPrinces Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 7 haHoly Trinity Sports Groundsports ground · under a mile · 4 haMeols Parkplaying field · 1.7 mi · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes127 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197614 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202635 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 5.0 · PM2.5 5.4 · PM10 8.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband51% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,133 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation7 m23 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 3 to 12 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHartley Hospital1.5 miGP surgeryChurchtown Medical Centre17 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots17 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistCambridge Road (Dental Surgery)under a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi18 schools11 primary, 2 secondary, 4 special, 1 nurseryPrimarySt Patrick's Catholic Primary Schoolages 5-11, 319 pupilsunder a milePrimaryChurchtown Primary Schoolages 2-11, 660 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryStanley High Schoolages 11-16, 783 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSouthport Education Group1.3 miUniversityEdge Hill University8.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL23 miRailway stationMeols Cop1.0 miBus stationLonsdale Coach ParkBloomfield11 miFerryLiverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle15 miBus stops120 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PR9 postcode district.
