Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 47 min4:41 am – 9:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:10 am – 3:52 pm
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People11,574 residentsin the Walgrave & Moulton census areaMedian age 40.94,646 households78% of homes owner-occupied36% owned outright10% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 5,903 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 12%, education 12%Getting to work: 38% work from home, 56% go by car, 2% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle65% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages38% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C641 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October42 days of air frost, 15 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 spacesBrampton Heath Golf Centregolf course · 1.2 mi · 60 haKingsthorpe Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 8 haEastfield Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 24 haBoughton Allotment Gardensallotments · under a mileWhite Hills Playgroundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haAbington Parkpark · 2.7 mi · 47 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes50 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200138 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202521 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 8.2 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,760 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation108 m354 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 70 to 132 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Edmund's Hospital3.0 miGP surgeryThe Pines Surgery6 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyNorthampton Pharmacy6 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistPurely Orthodontics1.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi25 schools13 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 5 special, 2 nurseryPrimaryBoughton Primary Schoolages 4-11, 199 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBuckton Fields Primary Schoolages 4-11, 289 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryKingsthorpe Collegeages 11-18, 1,415 pupils1.0 miCollegeMoulton College1.8 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton3.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN36 miRailway stationNorthampton3.2 miBus stationNorthampton Bus Interchange3.1 miBus stops59 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN2 postcode district.
