Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:38 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:16 am – 3:50 pm
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People6,679 residentsin the Eastwood Hall & Brinsley census areaMedian age 49.52,961 households81% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright5% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.7% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,076 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 14%, construction 12%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 66% go by car, 4% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle58% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher22% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C731 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October44 days of air frost, 13 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 landmarksHunt's Hillhill · under a mileMoorgreen Reservoirreservoir · 1.3 miCoppice Lakelake · 2.7 miUnderwood Hillhill · 1.3 miShipley Lakelake · 3.0 miSaints Coppicewoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesMansfield Road Parkpark · under a mile · 2 haGreasley Parkpark · 1.0 miCoronation Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 7 haHall Parkplaying field · under a mile · 11 haAldercar Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.3 mi · 2 haVeloparksports ground · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes215 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200848 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202546 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 9.1 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband100% 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)3,173 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation92 m302 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 58 to 128 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHeanor Memorial Hospital 22.2 miGP surgeryBrinsley Pharmacy6 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBrinsley Pharmacy6 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.1 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi18 schools15 primary, 2 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryBrinsley Primary and Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 190 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryHall Park Academyages 11-18, 867 pupils1.0 miPrimaryUnderwood Church of England Primary Schoolages 5-11, 173 pupils1.2 miCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College7.9 miUniversityUniversity of Nottingham8.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA14 miRailway stationLangley Mill1.3 miTramHucknall Tram Stop4.9 miBus stationCanal StretIlkeston4.0 miBus stops30 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NG16 postcode district.
