Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 49 min4:48 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:18 am – 3:59 pm
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People8,917 residentsin the Cleobury Mortimer, Burford & Ashford Carbonell census areaMedian age 53.23,876 households76% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright10% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.1% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 4,109 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 13%, education 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 61% go by car, 8% walk or cycle39% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 6% 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 1°C872 mm of rain a year, 23 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October55 days of air frost, 5 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 spacesDinham Millennium Greenpark · 3.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes108 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199017 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202630 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 2.7 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 7.9 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband27% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband88% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.5% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,980 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation247 m810 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 149 to 321 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLudlow Hospital3.4 miGP surgeryBrunswick House1.5 miPharmacyLunts Pharmacy3.5 miDentistAlliance Dentistry LTD2.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryBitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)ages 2-11, 81 pupils1.3 miPrimaryClee Hill Community Academyages 2-11, 158 pupils1.4 miSecondaryLudlow Church of England Schoolages 11-16, 626 pupils4.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX38 miRailway stationLudlow3.5 miBus stationJunctionHopton Castle13 miBus stops18 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SY8 postcode district.
