Local servicesHospitalSaffron Walden Community Hospital8.8 miGP surgeryUnity Healthcare D830124 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyBoots5 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistHaverhill Dental Centreunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi11 schools7 primary, 2 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryPlace Farm Primary Academyages 3-11, 416 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWestfield Primary Academyages 3-11, 425 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySamuel Ward Academyages 11-18, 1,076 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Stansted Airport STN16 miRailway stationDullingham8.8 miBus stationBus StationHaverhillunder a mileBus stops132 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CB9 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 45 min4:37 am – 9:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 44 min8:04 am – 3:48 pm
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People11,154 residentsin the Haverhill East & South census areaMedian age 39.44,573 households57% of homes owner-occupied28% owned outright22% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.1% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 5,568 in work, 20% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 17%, manufacturing 15%Getting to work: 15% work from home, 65% go by car, 3% take public transport, 16% walk or cycle50% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher25% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 91%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C615 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August52 days of air frost, 18 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 landmarksJarvis Hillhill · 2.0 miMillennium Meadowwoodland · under a mileSchool Woodwoodland · under a mileThe Islandisland · 3.7 miBaythorne Deepswater · 3.4 miThe Waverwater · 3.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHaverhill Recreation Groundpark · under a mile · 5 haJubilee Parkpark · under a mileEmperor's Greenpark · under a mile · 7 haHaverhill Golf Coursegolf course · 1.1 mi · 43 ha5 & 6sports ground · under a mileCastle Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 8 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes11 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202049 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Feb 202329 mi away, Bicknacre, EssexSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.0 · PM2.5 7.2 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband91% 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)4,686 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation65 m213 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 60 to 103 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
