Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:41 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:20 am – 3:52 pm
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People7,482 residentsin the Leek East & Upper Hulme census areaMedian age 45.93,207 households66% of homes owner-occupied42% owned outright20% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.4% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 3,373 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 13%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 62% go by car, 1% take public transport, 13% walk or cycle53% 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 higher24% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month February: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,160 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December50 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 landmarksRed Poollake · 1.5 miTurner's Poollake · 1.7 miFair Edge Hillhill · under a mileWillott's Hillhill · under a mileHammond's Holewater · under a mileFadge Cloughvalley · 1.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCliffe Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 25 haMadrenaline Activity Centresports ground · under a mile · 6 haBiddulph Grange Country Parkpark · 3.8 mi · 29 haTimbersbrook Picnic Areapark · 3.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes212 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200244 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202547 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 4.3 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 8.9 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 broadband89% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.9% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,394 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation246 m807 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 161 to 304 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLeek Moorlands Hospital4.7 miGP surgeryPark Medical Centre4.2 miPharmacyEverest Pharmacy4.0 miDentistLeek Dental Centre4.1 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryRushton CofE First Schoolages 3-9, 47 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryChurnet View Middle Schoolages 9-13, 440 pupils3.9 miCollegeStoke-on-Trent College11.1 miUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire11.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN16 miRailway stationCongleton5.0 miBus stationBus StationLeek Town Centre4.4 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SK11 postcode district.
