Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:34 am – 9:24 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:06 am – 3:45 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People8,740 residentsin the Southery, Feltwell & Hockwold census areaMedian age 44.23,592 households67% of homes owner-occupied40% owned outright10% social rented, 23% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.9% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,939 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, construction 11%, public administration and defence 11%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 70% go by car, 5% walk or cycle26% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 1°C628 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October56 days of air frost, 21 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)
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · 4.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes18 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 15 Feb 199415 mi away, Norwich, NorfolkMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Aug 202233 mi away, Sawston, CambridgeshireSource: 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 4.4 · PM2.5 6.8 · 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
Broadband33% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.0% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,941 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation12 m39 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 3 to 21 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSwaffham Community Hospital10 miGP surgerySt George's Hall (Feltwell Surgery)under a milePharmacyBoots6.0 miDentistHarold Smith Dental Practice6.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools2 primary, 1 secondary, 1 specialSecondaryIceni Secondary Academyages 11-16, 555 pupilsunder a milePrimaryDuchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary Schoolages 5-11, 91 pupilsunder a milePrimaryThe Norman Church of England Primary School, Northwoldages 2-11, 101 pupils1.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNorwich Airport NWI32 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN46 miRailway stationLakenheath5.4 miBus stationBus InterchangeThetford11 miFerryKing's Lynn Ferry LandingKings Lynn17 miBus stops13 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the IP26 postcode district.
