Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:52 am – 9:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:13 am – 4:03 pm
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People7,920 residentsin the Patchway census areaMedian age 39.63,337 households68% of homes owner-occupied34% owned outright17% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.7% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,986 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 14%, construction 9%Getting to work: 27% work from home, 58% go by car, 4% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle83% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C827 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December35 days of air frost, 11 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)
Nearby landmarksMonks Poollake · 1.8 miAlmondsbury Hillhill · 1.1 miHenleaze Swimming Lakelake · 3.3 miSavage's Woodwoodland · under a mileWoodcock Hillhill · 2.2 miSherbourne's Brakewoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesLittle Stoke Parkpark · under a mile · 12 haPatchway Commonpark · under a mileWoodlands Golf and Country Clubgolf course · under a mile · 108 haMead Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 6 haRiverside Leisure Clubsports ground · under a mileOaklands Rugby Football Groundplaying field · under a mile · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes80 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197425 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202649 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: 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 11 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,486 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation67 m220 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 44 to 87 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol2.3 miGP surgeryBradley Stoke Surgery11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBradley Stoke Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistPatchway Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools16 primary, 2 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 specialPrimarySt Chad's Patchway CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 167 pupilsright herePrimaryStoke Lodge Primary Schoolages 4-11, 257 pupilsright hereSecondaryPatchway Community Schoolages 11-18, 854 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorth Bristol Post 16 Centre5.2 miUniversityUniversity of the West of England, Bristol2.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS13 miRailway stationPatchwayunder a mileBus stationBus StationBristol5.5 miFerryCastle Park Ferry LandingBroadmead5.7 miBus stops122 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BS12 postcode district.
