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County or areaSouth Gloucestershire
Postcode districtGL12
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:51 am – 9:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:12 am – 4:01 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People8,690 residentsin the Wotton-under-Edge & Kingswood census areaMedian age 48.03,675 households74% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright11% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 4,211 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 13%, education 11%Getting to work: 41% work from home, 50% go by car, 8% walk or cycle40% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 1°C916 mm of rain a year, 26 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November46 days of air frost, 12 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 8°CJFebruary: 1 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 11°CMApril: 4 to 14°CAMay: 7 to 17°CMJune: 10 to 20°CJJuly: 12 to 22°CJAugust: 12 to 21°CASeptember: 10 to 19°CSOctober: 7 to 14°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 8°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksSomerset Monument, Hawkesbury Uptonhistoric site · 2.0 miWinner Hillhill · under a mileHam's Gullyvalley · under a mileHorton Courthistoric site · 3.0 miRaven's Coombevalley · 1.0 miCold Change Hillhill · 1.2 miMill Pondpond · under a mileFoxholes Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · 2.1 miLasborough Parkpark · 3.7 mi · 33 haBrinsham Fieldspark · 4.7 mi · 8 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes73 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197434 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 5 Feb 202536 mi away, Malvern, WorcestershireSource: 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 4.8 · PM2.5 5.8 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband79% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,809 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation98 m322 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 64 to 176 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalThe Vale Hospital5.6 miGP surgeryChipping Surgery2.1 miPharmacyWotton Family Pharmacy2.2 miDentistThe Dental Clinic2.1 miPolice stationChipping Sodbury Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police5.5 miCash machineMidcounties Co-Op Wotton Under Edge2.2 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryHillesley Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 49 pupilsunder a milePrimaryKingswood Primary Schoolages 4-11, 108 pupils1.9 miSecondaryKatharine Lady Berkeley's Schoolages 11-18, 1,549 pupils2.1 miCollegeSouth Gloucestershire and Stroud College10.8 miUniversityUniversity of the West of England, Bristol11.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS23 miRailway stationYate6.2 miBus stationMay Lane Bus StationDursley5.2 miFerryLydney Harbour10 miBus stops9 within a mileEV chargingConnected Kerb Charging StationsWotton Under Edge2.2 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps

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