Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:42 am – 9:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:12 am – 3:53 pm
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People9,060 residentsin the Braunston & Crick census areaMedian age 47.63,336 households78% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright12% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.0% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 3,888 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, manufacturing 11%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 39% work from home, 53% go by car, 1% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle44% 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 higher15% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C672 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October51 days of air frost, 14 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 landmarksCrack's Hillhill · under a mileCrick Jubilee Woodwoodland · under a mileCrick Millennium Woodwoodland · under a mileRiver Nene (Welton Grange Arm)river · 3.7 miCleves Hillhill · 3.7 miBarby Straightwater · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · under a mileCrick Community Sports Centreplaying field · under a mile · 7 haCrick Allotment Gardensallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes60 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200245 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202527 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 7.3 · PM2.5 6.8 · 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
Broadband91% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,395 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation135 m443 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 108 to 161 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Cross Hospital5.3 miGP surgeryCrick Medical Practiceunder a milePharmacyKnights Long Buckby Pharmacy3.9 miDentistDental Surgery4.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools3 primaryPrimaryCrick Primary Schoolages 4-11, 194 pupilsright herePrimaryKilsby Church of England Primary Schoolages 2-11, 192 pupils1.9 miSecondaryHoulton Schoolages 11-18, 895 pupils2.6 miCollegeMoulton College12.4 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton13.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX27 miRailway stationLong Buckby4.2 miBus stationRail Station ForecourtLong Buckby4.2 miBus stops17 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN6 postcode district.
