Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 47 min4:35 am – 9:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:04 am – 3:46 pm
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People7,688 residentsin the Moreton Hall census areaMedian age 40.13,272 households66% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright6% social rented, 26% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate71% of adults are economically active, 4,243 in work, 18% retiredMain industries: health and social work 17%, retail and wholesale 16%, education 10%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 59% go by car, 11% walk or cycle63% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages38% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C611 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August40 days of air frost, 19 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 landmarksThe Abbey Ruinshistoric site · under a mileThe Norman Towerhistoric site · under a mileMayne Waterlake · under a mileChurch Waterlake · 1.8 miEastlow Hillhill · 2.6 miColton's Woodwoodland · 1.2 miWolsey's Pondpond · 1.9 miWestley Bottomvalley · 2.7 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesTen Acre Fieldpark · under a mile · 4 haNo Man's Meadowspark · under a mile · 6 haAbbey Gardenspark · under a mile · 6 haHaberden Sports Groundsports ground · under a mile · 10 haTollgate Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.6 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes14 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 15 Feb 199422 mi away, Norwich, NorfolkMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 1 May 202642 mi away, Southern North SeaSource: 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 9.4 · PM2.5 7.8 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% 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)3,321 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation60 m197 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 28 to 71 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHospital Road Site1.2 miGP surgeryMount Farm Surgery11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCroasdales10 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistSaxon Dental Practiceunder a milePolice stationBury St Edmunds police stationunder a mileCash machineTesco Bank ATMBury St Edmundsunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi21 schools8 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 4 special, 1 sixth form, 3 otherPrimarySebert Wood Community Primary Schoolages 3-11, 374 pupilsunder a milePrimaryAbbots Green Primary Academyages 2-11, 608 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySybil Andrews Academyages 11-16, 657 pupils1.1 miCollegeWest Suffolk College1.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Stansted Airport STN33 miRailway stationBury St Edmunds1.0 miBus stationBus StationBury St Edmunds1.0 miBus stops85 within a mileCar parkBury St Edmunds Station (Fornham Road) Car ParkBury Saint Edmundsunder a mileEV chargingubitricity9 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the IP32 postcode district.
