Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 4 min4:35 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 27 min8:20 am – 3:47 pm
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People6,278 residentsin the Walton, Woolley & Bretton census areaMedian age 50.32,728 households82% of homes owner-occupied47% owned outright8% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 2,886 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 14%, education 10%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 58% go by car, 3% take public transport, 3% walk or cycle51% 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, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C754 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December39 days of air frost, 11 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 landmarksEccle Hillhill · under a mileHaw Tophill · under a mileLower Lakelake · 2.3 miUpper Lakelake · 2.8 miThe Cloughvalley · 1.4 miApplehaigh Cloughvalley · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesNewmillerdam Country Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 97 haThe Greenpark · under a mileWooley Parkgolf course · under a mile · 56 haNotton Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 45 haDurkar Football Clubplaying field · 1.9 mi · 3 haSchool Street Allotmentsallotments · 1.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes197 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197216 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 20258 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 6.7 · PM2.5 6.7 · 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
Broadband93% 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)2,902 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation111 m364 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 58 to 174 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBarnsley Hospitals3.7 miGP surgeryHill Brow Surgery Pms Practice2 surgeries within 2 miles1.8 miPharmacyMapplewell Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.9 miDentistDental Surgery2.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools5 primary, 1 specialPrimaryCrigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant Schoolages 3-11, 355 pupils1.2 miPrimaryWellgate Primary Schoolages 3-11, 424 pupils1.7 miSecondaryKettlethorpe High Schoolages 11-16, 1,616 pupils2.4 miCollegeBarnsley College4.5 miUniversityUniversity of Huddersfield11.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA18 miRailway stationDarton1.9 miBus stationBarnsley Interchange/A24Barnsley Town Centre4.3 miBus stops15 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WF4 postcode district.
