Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 49 min4:41 am – 9:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 40 min8:12 am – 3:52 pm
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People6,330 residentsin the Clipston, Naseby & Yelvertoft census areaMedian age 49.52,574 households78% of homes owner-occupied42% owned outright8% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.1% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 3,268 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, education 11%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 43% work from home, 52% go by car, 4% walk or cycle28% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C710 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October54 days of air frost, 12 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 spacesWelford Allotment Gardensallotments · under a mileThe Greenpark · 4.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes67 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200247 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202530 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 5.3 · PM2.5 6.4 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband79% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.3% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,593 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation152 m499 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 126 to 157 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalFielding Palmer Hospital6.7 miGP surgeryDr Dowell Cg & Partnerunder a milePharmacyGuilsborough4.2 miDentist21D Lutterworth6.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryWelford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed Schoolages 4-11, 98 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryGuilsborough Academyages 11-18, 1,198 pupils4.4 miCollegeMoulton College12.0 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton14.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX29 miRailway stationMarket Harborough7.6 miBus stationRail Station ForecourtLong Buckby8.4 miBus stops13 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN6 postcode district.
