Local servicesHospitalWalsgrave Hospital2.7 miGP surgeryWillenhall Primary Care Centre - 115 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAcorn Pharmacy18 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistWillenhall Primary Care Centreunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi30 schools20 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 4 special, 1 otherPrimaryWillenhall Community Primary Schoolages 3-11, 452 pupilsunder a milePrimaryStretton Church of England Academyages 2-11, 208 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryErnesford Grange Community Academyages 11-18, 1,187 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCoventry College2.6 miUniversityCoventry University2.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX13 miRailway stationCoventry2.3 miBus stationPool Meadow Bus StationCoventry2.5 miBus stops100 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CV3 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 49 min4:43 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:13 am – 3:54 pm
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People7,688 residentsin the Willenhall census areaMedian age 34.23,329 households36% of homes owner-occupied17% owned outright50% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting10.3% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 3,024 in work, 14% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 18%, transport and storage 11%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 60% go by car, 12% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle74% 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 higher25% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 83%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C656 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October50 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 spacesBagington Fields Nature Reservepark · under a mile · 5 haCoombe Country Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 191 haWar Memorial Parkpark · 2.3 mi · 50 haThe Alan Higgs Centresports ground · under a mile · 13 haBrandon Wood Golf Coursegolf course · 1.6 mi · 60 haCoventry Sphinx Football Clubplaying field · 1.1 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes75 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200231 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202536 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 9.9 · PM2.5 7.3 · 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
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)3,566 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation85 m279 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 63 to 92 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
