Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:41 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:19 am – 3:52 pm
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People5,218 residentsin the Ipstones, Warslow & Hamps Valley census areaMedian age 53.62,265 households81% of homes owner-occupied56% owned outright5% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.2% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 2,610 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: farming, forestry and fishing 13%, retail and wholesale 13%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 38% work from home, 57% go by car, 4% walk or cycle34% 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 higher19% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C965 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December47 days of air frost, 6 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 landmarksCloughhead Woodwoodland · under a mileWhieldon's Woodwoodland · under a mileThe Cloughvalley · 1.8 miCotton Dellvalley · 2.1 miLambskin Daledale · 3.3 miSecret Lakelake · 4.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesConsall Nature Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 115 haAlton Parkpark · 4.3 mi · 15 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes216 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200236 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202520 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: 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 4.0 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 9.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband33% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband74% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)3.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,450 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation243 m797 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 123 to 299 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCheadle Hospital3.8 miGP surgeryDr Yates Do Branch1.3 miPharmacyRatcliffe Pharmacy3.5 miDentistMillennium Dentistry3.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools2 primary, 1 independent, 2 specialPrimarySt Leonard's Church of England First Schoolages 4-9, 40 pupils1.1 miPrimarySt Werburgh's CE (A) Primary Schoolages 3-11, 143 pupils1.6 miSecondaryPainsley Catholic Collegeages 11-18, 1,340 pupils4.0 miCollegeStoke-on-Trent College9.7 miUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire9.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN26 miRailway stationBlythe Bridge6.6 miBus stationBus StationLeek Town Centre5.7 miBus stops14 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ST10 postcode district.
