Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:37 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:17 am – 3:49 pm
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People8,749 residentsin the Tibshelf, Newton & Hardwick Park census areaMedian age 43.13,762 households71% of homes owner-occupied36% owned outright14% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.7% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 4,304 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 14%, manufacturing 14%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 71% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle55% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher22% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C750 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November47 days of air frost, 10 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 landmarksHardwick Hallhistoric site · 1.3 miArchaeological Way - Pleasley Pit Startwalk or trail · 1.3 miBroadoak Hillhill · 1.2 miSutton Scarsdale Hallhistoric site · 3.3 miCar Pondspond · under a mileSilverhillhill · 2.0 miGriff Woodwoodland · under a mileThompson's Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesPleasley Pit Country Parkpark · under a mile · 70 haHardwick Parkpark · under a mile · 412 haSilverhill Wood Country Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 117 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes221 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200842 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202536 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 7.2 · PM2.5 7.1 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband87% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,960 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation172 m564 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 109 to 177 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBolsover Community Hospital3.5 miGP surgeryThe Surgery2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPleasley Pharmacy2.0 miDentistPathwork Row (Dental Surgery)3.3 miPolice stationShirebrook Police SNTMansfield3.5 miCash machineKhabra Enterprises (EP53 project)2.9 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools3 primaryPrimaryBramley Vale Primary & Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 137 pupils1.1 miPrimaryAnthony Bek Community Primary Schoolages 3-11, 234 pupils1.3 miSecondaryShirebrook Academyages 11-16, 824 pupils3.1 miCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College5.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA24 miRailway stationMansfield Woodhouse3.6 miBus stationSutton Bus StationSutton in Ashfield3.9 miBus stops18 within a mileEV chargingInstaVolt Charging StationChesterfieldunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S44 postcode district.
