Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 17 min4:31 am – 9:49 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 15 min8:29 am – 3:44 pm
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People12,145 residentsin the Barnard Castle & Upper Teesdale census areaMedian age 52.75,609 households68% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright13% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.3% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 5,209 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, manufacturing 11%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 53% go by car, 1% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle45% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 17°C, lows 9°CColdest month January: highs 5°C, lows -0°C1,209 mm of rain a year, 42 days with 10 mm or morewettest month January76 days of air frost, 2 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 landmarksSand Forcewaterfall · under a mileCrag Scar Forcewaterfall · under a mileBowlees and Friar House Meadowshistoric site · 1.0 miLowcroft Poollake · 1.3 miCrook Poollake · 1.6 miSeats Hillhill · under a mileStrand Wellwater · under a mileTeesdalevalley · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesMickleton Station Picnic Areapark · 4.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes71 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 197940 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202643 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: 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 1.5 · PM2.5 4.4 · PM10 6.1 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband70% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.9% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)5,944 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation269 m883 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 239 to 414 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWeardale Hospital9.2 miGP surgeryOld Forge Surgery2.7 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.5 miDentistStanhope Health Centre9.5 miPolice stationDurham Constabulary - Stanhope Police StationBishop Auckland9.4 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME30 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL33 miRailway stationStanhope9.3 miBus stationTeesdale School bus parkBarnard Castle11 miFerryPooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing27 miBus stops4 within a mileEV chargingBe.EV Charging StationDarlingtonunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DL12 postcode district.
