Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:38 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 33 min8:16 am – 3:49 pm
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People9,430 residentsin the Kirkby Larwood & Kingsway census areaMedian age 42.43,976 households78% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright7% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 4,812 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 13%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 68% go by car, 3% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle67% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C799 mm of rain a year, 21 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October42 days of air frost, 10 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 landmarksCastle Hillhill · under a mileBoar Hillhill · under a mileKirkby Forestforest · 2.4 miAnnesley Forestforest · 2.5 miUpper Lakelake · 3.3 miOld Mill Pondpond · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesTichfield Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haPortland Parkpark · under a mile · 9 haHornbeam Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haSutton Road Allotmentsallotments · under a mileLarwood Parksports ground · under a mile · 4 haSutton Lawn Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.7 mi · 15 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes217 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200844 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202541 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 9.8 · PM2.5 7.4 · 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
Broadband95% 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)4,125 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation168 m551 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 103 to 180 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalAshfield Community Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryStep Down Scheme11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWell11 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistKirkby Dental Practice1.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi19 schools14 primary, 3 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryOrchard Primary School and Nurseryages 2-11, 344 pupilsright herePrimaryGreenwood Primary and Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 445 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryAshfield Comprehensive Schoolages 11-18, 2,601 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College3.5 miUniversityThe Nottingham Trent University11.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA19 miRailway stationKirkby in Ashfieldunder a mileBus stationSutton Bus StationSutton in Ashfield1.7 miBus stops62 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NG17 postcode district.
