Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 53 min4:47 am – 9:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 37 min8:21 am – 3:58 pm
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People6,261 residentsin the Four Crosses & Guilsfield census areaMedian age 50.82,734 households78% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright6% social rented, 16% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.8% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 3,113 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 14%, construction 11%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 67% go by car, 4% walk or cycle35% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages32% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C799 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December39 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)
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · under a mileButtington Wharfpark · 4.2 miBorfa Greenpark · 5.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes110 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199021 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202627 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 2.8 · PM2.5 4.8 · PM10 8.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband84% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.8% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,885 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation81 m266 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 60 to 109 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalVictoria Memorial Hospital5.1 miGP surgeryWelshpool Medical Centre5.0 miPharmacyRowlands Pharmacy5.3 miDentistCommunity Dental Clinic5.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryArddleen C.p. School111 pupilsright hereSecondaryWelshpool High School816 pupils4.8 miCollegeShrewsbury College14.5 miSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL43 miRailway stationWelshpool5.4 miBus stationWelshpool Bus Station Stand A5.3 miBus stops6 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SY22 postcode district.
