Local servicesHospitalIsebrook Hospital3.5 miGP surgerySpinney Brook Medical Centre3 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyCox & Robinson Pharmacy3 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistSpinney Brook Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi11 schools7 primary, 3 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryIrthlingborough Nursery and Infant Schoolages 3-7, 286 pupilsright herePrimaryIrthlingborough Junior Schoolages 7-11, 357 pupilsright hereSecondaryHuxlow Academyages 11-18, 783 pupilsunder a mileCollegeMoulton College10.6 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton13.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN33 miRailway stationWellingborough3.1 miBus stationBus TerminusBrackmills13 miBus stops37 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN9 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:40 am – 9:28 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:09 am – 3:51 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People9,311 residentsin the Irthlingborough census areaMedian age 40.33,956 households66% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright18% social rented, 16% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate65% of adults are economically active, 4,688 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 14%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 68% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages23% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C618 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 21 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 spacesStanwick Lakes Country Parkpark · under a mile · 238 haThe Spinney Field Rest Gardenspark · within reachCentral Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 7 haFrontier Centresports ground · 1.1 mi · 37 haWaterworks Allotmentsallotments · under a mileFinedon Pocket Parkpark · 2.2 mi · 17 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes45 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200137 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202527 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 7.4 · PM2.5 7.2 · 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
Broadband97% 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)4,271 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation58 m190 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 34 to 89 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
