Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 7 min4:34 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 24 min8:22 am – 3:46 pm
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People6,178 residentsin the Adel census areaMedian age 44.72,521 households84% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright4% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,867 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: health and social work 18%, education 14%, retail and wholesale 12%Getting to work: 47% work from home, 45% go by car, 4% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle70% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages55% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 3% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 92%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C804 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November43 days of air frost, 7 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 spacesGolden Acre Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 44 haHolt Parkpark · under a mile · 4 haCookridge Hall Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 59 haRock Gardenpark · under a mileBedquilts Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 24 haMemorial Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes147 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197010 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197215 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202648 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: 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 10 · PM2.5 6.9 · 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
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,697 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation145 m476 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 112 to 188 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNurses Home Meanwood Park Hospital1.8 miGP surgeryHighfield Surgery14 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCohens Chemist9 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistAdel Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi27 schools19 primary, 5 secondary, 1 independent, 2 specialPrimaryIreland Wood Primary Schoolages 5-11, 386 pupilsunder a milePrimaryAdel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 202 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryRalph Thoresby Schoolages 11-18, 987 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNotre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College3.5 miUniversityLeeds Beckett University2.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA2.8 miRailway stationHorsforth1.5 miBus stationLeeds City Bus StationLeeds City Centre4.6 miBus stops91 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LS16 postcode district.
