Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 38 min4:52 am – 9:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:12 am – 4:02 pm
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People12,709 residentsin the Pucklechurch & Westerleigh census areaMedian age 38.55,040 households74% of homes owner-occupied34% owned outright12% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 6,519 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 14%, construction 10%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 55% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle67% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C902 mm of rain a year, 28 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December40 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 landmarksBrandy Bottom Collieryhistoric site · 1.3 miSiston Hill Collieryhistoric site · 1.5 miCoxgrove Hillhill · 1.2 miBitterwell Lakelake · 2.8 miBoyd Valley Lakelake · 2.8 miOld Derry Hillwalk or trail · 1.9 miRodway Hillhill · 1.5 miPrimrose Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesSiston Commonpark · 1.2 mi · 34 haBridgeyate Commonpark · 1.1 mi · 4 haBrockwell Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 2 haPomphrey Hill Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.1 mi · 16 haThe Hayfields Rugby Football Groundplaying field · 1.3 mi · 7 haPomphrey Hill Sports Fieldsports ground · 1.1 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes72 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197431 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202647 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 7.3 · PM2.5 6.2 · 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
Broadband75% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)6,078 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation80 m262 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 56 to 125 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBft Southmead Cossham Hospital2.9 miGP surgeryHmp Ashfield8 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyIdeal Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.6 miDentistTime For Teeth Hmp Ashfieldunder a milePolice stationStaple Hill Police StationBristol2.2 miCash machinePound Road Bristol (Central Convenience)2.0 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi14 schools8 primary, 3 secondary, 1 all-through, 2 specialPrimaryPucklechurch CofE VC Primary Schoolages 4-11, 179 pupils1.3 miPrimaryMangotsfield Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 615 pupils1.5 miSecondaryMangotsfield Schoolages 11-16, 1,191 pupils1.5 miCollegeSt Brendan's Sixth Form College4.8 miUniversityUniversity of the West of England, Bristol4.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS13 miRailway stationKeynsham4.4 miBus stationBus StationBristol6.2 miFerryNetham Lock Ferry Terminal4.8 miBus stops18 within a mileCar parkLyde Green Park & RideBristol1.6 miEV chargingSainsburys Emersons Green1.6 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BS37 postcode district.
