Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:45 am – 9:24 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:06 am – 3:55 pm
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People5,673 residentsin the Pinkney's Green & Furze Platt Road census areaMedian age 44.42,151 households81% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright4% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.3% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 2,676 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: information and communication 13%, retail and wholesale 12%, education 11%Getting to work: 49% work from home, 42% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages44% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 92%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 1°C686 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November52 days of air frost, 19 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 landmarksSummerleaze Lakelake · 2.2 miPunt Hillhill · under a mileTemple Mill Islandisland · 2.0 miAshley Hill Forestforest · 2.1 miSpeen Hillhill · 1.5 miSherriff Islandisland · 2.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCookham Dean Commonpark · 1.4 mi · 18 haTemple Golf Clubgolf course · 1.2 mi · 57 haOaken Grove Parkplaying field · under a mile · 8 haOckwells Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 26 haKidwells Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 4 haSt Marks Crescent Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes33 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202027 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202532 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 8.7 · PM2.5 7.2 · 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)2,195 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation64 m210 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 41 to 82 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Mark's Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryBhft (Wam)15 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyOlive Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistCommunity Dental Clinicunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi24 schools14 primary, 5 secondary, 2 independent, 2 special, 1 nurserySecondaryNewlands Girls' Schoolages 11-18, 1,226 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCourthouse Junior Schoolages 7-11, 350 pupilsunder a milePrimaryAlwyn Infant Schoolages 4-7, 213 pupilsunder a mileCollegeThe Henley College6.3 miUniversityBuckinghamshire New University6.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR14 miRailway stationFurze Platt1.5 miBus stationCoachwayHigh Wycombe5.9 miFerryShepperton Ferry Landing17 miBus stops62 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SL6 postcode district.
