Local servicesHospitalFriary Hospital7.6 miGP surgeryLeyburn Medical Practice2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy1.0 miDentistAlpha Dental Dales1.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools3 primary, 1 secondaryPrimarySpennithorne Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-7, 54 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLeyburn Primary Schoolages 3-11, 200 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWensleydale Schoolages 11-16, 407 pupils1.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME21 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA31 miRailway stationNorthallerton15 miBus stops11 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DL8 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 13 min4:32 am – 9:45 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 19 min8:25 am – 3:44 pm
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People8,554 residentsin the Leyburn, Middleham & Tunstall census areaMedian age 54.13,945 households68% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright9% social rented, 22% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 3,967 in work, 36% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, construction 10%, farming, forestry and fishing 9%Getting to work: 31% work from home, 57% go by car, 10% walk or cycle51% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages35% of adults hold a degree or higher16% 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 6°C, lows 1°C847 mm of rain a year, 23 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December57 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 landmarksHarmby Gillwater · under a mileBedale Hillhill · under a mileBoys Beckriver · 1.5 miD'arcy's Lakelake · 2.6 miSharp Hillhill · 1.3 miDeep Gill Forcewaterfall · 3.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesFerrand Parkplaying field · under a mile · 2 haCanaanallotments · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes66 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197241 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202642 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Medium risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 100 and a 1 in 30 chance in any yearAlso low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 2.6 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 7.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband48% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband88% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,196 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation154 m505 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 98 to 174 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
