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 – 3:53 pm
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People8,609 residentsin the Harpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke census areaMedian age 47.93,599 households78% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright12% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.3% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 4,132 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, construction 13%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 59% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle58% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C650 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October48 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 spacesMemorial Gardenpark · within reachUpton Country Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 38 haLadybridgepark · 1.1 mi · 20 haKislingbury Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.9 mi · 5 haKislingbury Temperance Cricket Clubplaying field · 1.8 miAll Weather Sports Courtsports ground · 1.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes49 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200144 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202515 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 7.1 · PM2.5 6.9 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,048 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation78 m256 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 64 to 97 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBerrywood Hospital3.1 miGP surgeryEleanor Cross Healthcare - Whitefields Surgery1.7 miPharmacyUnidrugs Pharmacy1.7 miDentistDental Surgery1.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools5 primaryPrimaryRothersthorpe Church of England Primary Schoolages 3-11, 87 pupilsright herePrimaryPineham Barns Primary Schoolages 4-11, 413 pupils1.3 miSecondaryCampion Schoolages 11-18, 1,309 pupils2.0 miCollegeNorthampton College6.1 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton3.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN34 miRailway stationNorthampton3.1 miBus stationNorthampton Bus Interchange3.4 miBus stops7 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN7 postcode district.
