Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 0 min4:38 am – 9:38 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:19 am – 3:50 pm
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People7,260 residentsin the Hathersage, Bradwell & Tideswell census areaMedian age 53.03,306 households74% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright13% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.4% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,422 in work, 32% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, education 13%, retail and wholesale 11%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 51% go by car, 1% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle44% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages45% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C1,123 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December57 days of air frost, 6 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 landmarksIntake Daledale · under a mileStanlow Daledale · under a mileMiller's Dale Viaducthistoric site · 3.4 miBleak Knollhill · 1.4 miWall Cliffhill · 1.5 miBrook Bottomvalley · 1.3 miDeadmen's Cloughvalley · 1.6 miShatton Moorwalk or trail · 2.3 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesTideswell Dale Picnic Areapark · 2.6 miLitton Memorial Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.8 miTideswell Allotmentsallotments · 1.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes217 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200150 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202532 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 4.0 · PM2.5 5.9 · PM10 8.9 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband18% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,560 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation320 m1,050 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 236 to 405 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryGreat Hucklow CE Primaryages 3-11, 33 pupils1.2 miPrimaryBishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary Schoolages 4-11, 75 pupils1.5 miSecondaryHope Valley Collegeages 11-18, 518 pupils3.2 miCollegeThe Sheffield College13.4 miUniversityUniversity of Sheffield12.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN22 miRailway stationHope (Derbyshire)3.4 miBus stationBus StationNew Mills11 miBus stops6 within a mileCar parkTideswell Dale Car ParkBuxton2.6 miEV chargingbp PulseHope3.3 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SK17 postcode district.
