Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 51 min4:42 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 38 min8:15 am – 3:53 pm
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People7,339 residentsin the Dosthill & Two Gates census areaMedian age 46.03,039 households83% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright6% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.5% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 3,663 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, manufacturing 12%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 26% work from home, 66% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle56% 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 higher19% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C667 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October41 days of air frost, 15 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)
Parks and green spacesKettlebrook Parkpark · under a mile · 37 haTameside Nature Reservepark · under a mile · 19 haDosthill Parkpark · under a mile · 14 haDrayton Park Golf Clubgolf course · 1.3 mi · 43 haCoton Green Football Clubplaying field · under a mile · 3 haBelgrave Sports Centresports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes137 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200221 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202546 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 10 · PM2.5 7.2 · PM10 12 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
Broadband93% 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)3,163 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation70 m230 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 58 to 97 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSir Robert Peel Hospital1.9 miGP surgerySreehari Branch 121 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyExley Pharmacy15 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi30 schools22 primary, 3 secondary, 3 special, 1 sixth form, 1 otherPrimaryTwo Gates Primary Schoolages 3-11, 230 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHanbury's Farm Community Primary Schoolages 3-11, 178 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryLift Tamworthages 11-16, 636 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorth Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College11.2 miUniversityAston University12.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX11 miRailway stationWilnecote (Staffs)under a mileBus stationBus StationAtherstone6.1 miBus stops99 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B77 postcode district.
