Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 15 min4:26 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 17 min8:21 am – 3:39 pm
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People8,191 residentsin the Burniston, Sleights & Fylingdales census areaMedian age 56.23,759 households78% of homes owner-occupied54% owned outright8% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 3,571 in work, 37% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, hospitality 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 58% go by car, 1% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month February: highs 7°C, lows 1°C805 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November39 days of air frost, 4 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 landmarksMossy Merelake · 1.5 miFalling Fosswaterfall · 2.0 miStevenson's Piecewaterfall · 2.1 miLarpool Viaducthistoric site · 2.3 miWhite Moor Hillhill · under a mileStainsacre Daledale · 1.4 miPike Hillmountain · 3.5 miCintra househistoric site · 3.2 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesCalla Beckpark · 2.5 mi · 6 haPannett Parkpark · 3.0 mi · 3 haThe Little Parkpark · 3.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes39 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202030 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Mar 202328 mi away, Hilton, North YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 3.4 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 8.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband60% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband90% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,018 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation128 m420 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 79 to 185 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWhitby Hospital3.0 miGP surgerySleights And Sandsend Medical Practice2.4 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.1 miDentistFormer Community Hall2.3 miPolice stationWhitby police station2.9 miCash machineThe Cooperative Food Post Office Whitby, Endeavour Wharf3.0 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryHawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 5-11, 55 pupils1.7 miSecondaryWhitby Schoolages 11-19, 975 pupils2.9 miCollegeScarborough Sixth Form College13.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME34 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA58 miRailway stationRuswarp2.2 miFerryTransporter Bridge North SidePort Clarence27 miCar parkStation Car ParkWhitby2.7 miEV chargingConnected Kerb Charging StationsRobin Hood's Bay2.8 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the YO22 postcode district.
