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County or areaShropshire
Postcode districtSY7
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:48 am – 9:38 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:19 am – 3:59 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People5,650 residentsin the Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury census areaMedian age 54.42,516 households68% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright11% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 2,668 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, farming, forestry and fishing 13%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 55% go by car, 10% walk or cycle35% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages35% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C1,071 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October61 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 1 to 6°CJFebruary: 1 to 7°CFMarch: 2 to 9°CMApril: 4 to 12°CAMay: 6 to 15°CMJune: 9 to 18°CJJuly: 11 to 20°CJAugust: 11 to 19°CASeptember: 9 to 17°CSOctober: 6 to 13°CONovember: 4 to 9°CNDecember: 1 to 7°CD20°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksMiddlehill Poollake · 1.2 miOakleymill Waterfallwaterfall · 1.8 miBroadhill Daledale · under a mileYewtree Batchvalley · under a mileLight Spoutwaterfall · 2.9 miYapsel Bankhill · under a mileMinton Hillhill · under a mileStony Batchvalley · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesLong Mynd Adventure Campsports ground · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes127 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 19908 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202622 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: 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 2.4 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 7.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband29% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband66% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,702 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation366 m1,201 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 274 to 454 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBishops Castle Hospital5.1 miGP surgeryChurch Stretton Medical Centre3.6 miPharmacyMsn & Lunts Pharmacy3.6 miDentistDental Surgery3.5 miPolice stationBishops Castle Police Station5.1 miCash machineMidcounties Co-Op Church Stretton3.5 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryStiperstones CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 25 pupils2.0 miPrimaryNorbury Primary School and Nurseryages 2-11, 70 pupils2.0 miSecondaryChurch Stretton Schoolages 11-16, 539 pupils3.8 miCollegeShrewsbury College14.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX48 miRailway stationChurch Stretton3.7 miBus stationJunctionHopton Castle8.6 miBus stops4 within a mileEV chargingConnected Kerb Charging StationsChurch Stretton3.5 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps

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