Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:47 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:17 am – 3:58 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
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 2°C753 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October46 days of air frost, 9 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 spacesSeverne Greenpark · 3.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes101 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199022 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202634 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 2.6 · PM2.5 5.1 · PM10 8.6 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: 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
Elevation139 m456 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 83 to 166 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalTenbury Community Hospital3.7 miGP surgeryCleobury Mortimer Surgery2.5 miPharmacyCleobury Pharmacy2.5 miDentistDental Surgery2.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX34 miRailway stationLudlow8.0 miBus stationKidderminster Bus Station12 miBus stops4 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DY14 postcode district.
