Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 15 min4:26 am – 9:42 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 17 min8:22 am – 3:39 pm
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People10,614 residentsin the Pickering & Thornton Dale census areaMedian age 55.15,015 households72% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright13% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.1% unemployment rate51% of adults are economically active, 4,593 in work, 38% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 13%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 26% work from home, 58% go by car, 1% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle43% 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 higher19% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C713 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November46 days of air frost, 6 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 landmarksBiggersdale Holewaterfall · 1.9 miGalley Hillhill · under a mileThe Lakelake · 1.9 miGalley Hill Slackvalley · under a mileLow Daledale · 1.1 miOak Hillhill · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesPannett Parkpark · 2.7 mi · 3 haThe Little Parkpark · 2.9 miRoyal Crescent Gardenspark · 3.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes42 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202027 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Mar 202325 mi away, Hilton, North YorkshireSource: 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 3.4 · PM2.5 4.6 · PM10 8.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband81% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)5,829 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation158 m518 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 5 to 237 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWhitby Hospital2.9 miGP surgerySleights And Sandsend Medical Practice1.3 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.7 miDentistWhitby Community Hospital2.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimarySleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 2-11, 117 pupils1.1 miSecondaryWhitby Schoolages 11-19, 975 pupils2.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME30 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL56 miRailway stationSleightsunder a mileFerryTransporter Bridge North SidePort Clarence23 miBus stops10 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the YO18 postcode district.
