Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 37 min4:45 am – 9:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 51 min8:04 am – 3:55 pm
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People5,685 residentsin the Ottershaw & Lyne census areaMedian age 46.82,377 households71% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright11% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 2,780 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: health and social work 21%, retail and wholesale 12%, construction 10%Getting to work: 38% work from home, 48% go by car, 3% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle65% 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 higher16% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 93%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C669 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November40 days of air frost, 23 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 landmarksTimber Hillhill · under a mileEther Hillhill · under a mileSt Ann's Lakelake · 2.7 miAbbey Lakelake · 2.8 miTrinity Islandisland · 2.5 miThe Commonwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHomewood Parkpark · under a mile · 18 haQueenwoodgolf course · under a mile · 76 haSawpit Greenpark · under a mile · 4 haFranklands Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 15 haOttershaw Memorial Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 6 haWalton Leigh Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes29 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202039 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202546 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 11 · PM2.5 7.3 · PM10 11 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
Broadband57% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband86% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,036 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation33 m108 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 18 to 60 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWalton Hospital1.0 miGP surgeryNew Ottershaw Surgery4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyFastheal Pharmacy Ottershaw4 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgery1.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi19 schools12 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 1 special, 1 otherPrimaryOttershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior Schoolages 7-11, 235 pupilsunder a milePrimaryOttershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant Schoolages 3-7, 208 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryJubilee High Schoolages 11-16, 690 pupils1.2 miCollegeBrooklands College2.8 miUniversityRoyal Holloway and Bedford New College4.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR8.0 miRailway stationChertsey1.9 miBus stationElmsleigh Bus StationStaines4.8 miFerryWeybridge Ferry Landing3.4 miBus stops31 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the KT16 postcode district.
