Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:33 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:17 am – 3:45 pm
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People7,493 residentsin the Epworth & Bracon census areaMedian age 49.33,256 households77% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright10% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,400 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 12%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 28% work from home, 64% go by car, 6% walk or cycle28% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C625 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month July42 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 landmarksRiveaux Abbeyhistoric site · 3.0 miMill Hillhill · 1.0 miM180 Trent Bridgebridge · 1.3 miCowsitt Hillhill · 1.4 miGravel Hill Woodwoodland · under a mileSealings Woodwoodland · under a mileClearwater Lakelake · 3.6 miKeadby Bridgebridge · 3.0 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesSilica Country Parkpark · 3.9 mi · 9 haManor Parkpark · 4.2 mi · 16 haKingsway Local Nature Reservepark · 4.5 mi · 22 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes94 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200821 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202628 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.5 · PM2.5 6.9 · 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
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,430 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation5 m16 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -1 to 12 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalScunthorpe General Hospital5.1 miGP surgeryJubilee Surgery2 surgeries within 2 miles1.5 miPharmacyWeldricks Pharmacy2.6 miDentistThe Willows Dental Practice2.0 miPolice stationHumberside Police - Epworth Police StationDoncaster2.7 miCash machinePost OfficeScunthorpe2.9 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryWest Butterwick C of E Primary Academyages 3-11, 53 pupils1.5 miPrimaryBelton All Saints CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 205 pupils1.7 miSecondarySouth Axholme Academyages 11-16, 910 pupils2.8 miCollegeJohn Leggott Sixth Form College4.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY18 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA42 miRailway stationAlthorpeKeadby2.9 miBus stationBus StationScunthorpe6.0 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton25 miBus stops3 within a mileEV chargingubitricity2.9 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN9 postcode district.
