Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:46 am – 9:25 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:07 am – 3:56 pm
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People6,340 residentsin the Shiplake & Binfield Heath census areaMedian age 49.92,441 households78% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright8% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 2,896 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 15%, education 11%, information and communication 11%Getting to work: 58% work from home, 34% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle52% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages53% of adults hold a degree or higher8% have no qualifications, 3% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C783 mm of rain a year, 21 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November51 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)
Nearby landmarksGreys Courthistoric site · under a mileHighmoor Crosshistoric site · 2.0 miKent's Hillhill · under a mileStony Bottomvalley · 1.0 miKing's Hillhill · 1.3 miRod Eyot Islandsisland · 2.4 miTown Rod Eyotisland · 2.5 miBromsden Bottomvalley · 1.4 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesThe Dog Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 113 haMemorial Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 4 haMarsh Meadowspark · 2.5 mi · 9 haHenley Leisure Centresports ground · 1.4 miMakins Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.7 miCrockerand Greenpark · 3.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes34 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202029 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202531 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 6.1 · PM2.5 6.6 · 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
Broadband74% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,679 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation94 m308 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 58 to 115 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalTownlands Memorial Hospital1.9 miGP surgerySonning Common Health Ctr4 surgeries within 2 miles1.9 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy1.8 miDentistWood Lane (Dental Surgery)1.8 miPolice stationSonning Common Police StationReading1.9 miCash machineThe Cooperative Food Sonning Common, Sonning Common1.8 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools5 primary, 1 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryPeppard Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 61 pupils1.2 miPrimaryValley Road Schoolages 4-11, 165 pupils1.4 miSecondaryGillotts Schoolages 11-16, 934 pupils1.5 miCollegeThe Henley College1.9 miUniversityUniversity of Reading6.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR22 miRailway stationHenley-on-Thames2.2 miBus stationPurley Social ClubPurley on Thames5.9 miFerryShepperton Ferry Landing24 miBus stops7 within a mileCar parkAPCOAHenley-On-Thames2.0 miEV chargingMerHenley-On-Thames2.3 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the RG9 postcode district.
