Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 47 min4:42 am – 9:28 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 43 min8:10 am – 3:52 pm
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People9,980 residentsin the Cotton End, Brackmills & Hardingstone census areaMedian age 33.33,787 households52% of homes owner-occupied24% owned outright10% social rented, 36% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.6% unemployment rate67% of adults are economically active, 5,074 in work, 14% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 13%, transport and storage 10%Getting to work: 27% work from home, 53% go by car, 6% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle73% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages30% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 81%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C629 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October41 days of air frost, 17 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 spacesDelapre Parkpark · under a mile · 33 haMidsummer Meadowpark · 1.2 mi · 28 haHunsbury Hill Country Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 35 haDelapre Golf Complexgolf course · under a mile · 13 haLark Lane Allotmentsallotments · 1.2 miDanes Camp Leisure Centresports ground · 1.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes48 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200143 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202516 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 9.7 · PM2.5 7.5 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband85% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband91% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,539 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation107 m351 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 59 to 111 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorthampton General Hospital (Acute)1.8 miGP surgeryWootton Medical Centre13 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyTudor Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools13 primary, 1 secondary, 2 all-through, 1 independent, 1 special, 1 nursery, 1 otherPrimaryHardingstone Academyages 0-11, 230 pupilsunder a mileIndependentNorthampton High School GDSTages 2-18, 427 pupilsunder a mileAll-throughWootton Park Schoolages 4-19, 1,670 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorthampton College3.9 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton1.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN32 miRailway stationNorthampton2.2 miBus stationBus TerminusBrackmillsunder a mileBus stops86 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN4 postcode district.
