Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 18 min4:36 am – 9:54 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 14 min8:34 am – 3:49 pm
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People6,548 residentsin the Flimby, Ellenborough & Broughton Moor census areaMedian age 40.82,906 households49% of homes owner-occupied29% owned outright40% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.0% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,792 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 16%, construction 14%Getting to work: 12% work from home, 70% go by car, 5% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle59% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages16% of adults hold a degree or higher30% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C1,151 mm of rain a year, 35 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October46 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 landmarksPeatmere Hillhill · under a mileHen Gillvalley · 1.0 miPleasant Viewhill · 1.3 miDark Gillvalley · 1.3 miBoat Holewater · 2.1 miAllonby South Beachbeach · 3.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenplaying field · 1.5 miPottery Parkplaying field · 1.6 miLonsdale Parkpark · 4.0 mi · 7 haVulcan Parkpark · 4.5 mi · 6 haHarris Parkpark · 4.5 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes70 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 197932 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202644 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 2.1 · PM2.5 4.1 · PM10 7.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,202 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation107 m351 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 68 to 132 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalVictoria Cottage Hospital (Maryport)1.7 miGP surgeryMaryport Health Services1.7 miPharmacyAlneburgh Pharmacy LTD1.7 miDentistDental Surgery2.1 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi9 schools9 primaryPrimaryBroughton Moor Primary Schoolages 2-11right herePrimaryEllenborough Academyages 2-7, 50 pupils1.6 miSecondaryNetherhall Schoolages 11-18, 894 pupils2.2 miCollegeLakes College - West Cumbria6.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportGlasgow Prestwick Airport PIK71 miRailway stationMaryport1.9 miBus stationBus Station (W)Workington4.3 miFerryNichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry LandingPortinscale14 miBus stops13 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CA15 postcode district.
