Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:45 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:14 am – 3:56 pm
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People5,878 residentsin the Earlswood, Tanworth-in-Arden & Sambourne census areaMedian age 52.92,380 households83% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright6% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.8% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,885 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, health and social work 11%, construction 11%Getting to work: 44% work from home, 52% go by car, 3% walk or cycle36% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages40% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C732 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October45 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)
Nearby landmarksArrow Valley Lakelake · 1.5 miRed Hillhill · under a mileLodge Poollake · 1.9 miSummerhouse Hillhill · under a mileMoon's Moatwater · 1.6 miThe Rookerywoodland · 1.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesArrow Valley Country Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 210 haSpernall Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 90 haLodge Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 4 haArrow Vale Sports and Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileDunstall Allotmentsallotments · 1.1 mi · 4 haGreenfields Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.8 mi · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes70 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199049 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost 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 7.9 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband58% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,364 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation75 m246 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 65 to 104 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalAlexandra Hospital1.3 miGP surgeryWinyates Health Centre7 surgeries within 2 miles1.0 miPharmacyStock And Lindsay LTD5 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistMatchborough Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools11 primary, 6 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryMatchborough First School Academyages 3-9, 335 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryArrow Vale High Schoolages 13-18, 843 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMappleborough Green CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 116 pupilsunder a mileCollegeHeart of Worcestershire College2.5 miUniversityNewman University, Birmingham11.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX13 miRailway stationRedditch2.8 miBus stationRedditch Bus Station2.7 miBus stops40 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B80 postcode district.
