Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:38 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:18 am – 3:49 pm
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People6,272 residentsin the Wingerworth & Holymoorside census areaMedian age 55.92,865 households87% of homes owner-occupied59% owned outright6% social rented, 7% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate51% of adults are economically active, 2,704 in work, 40% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 11%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 57% go by car, 1% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle55% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages40% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C875 mm of rain a year, 25 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December52 days of air frost, 8 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 landmarksWalton Hilltophill · under a mileWalton Damwater · under a mileClubmill Reservoirreservoir · 2.0 miThe Goitwater · 1.4 miWell Close Woodwoodland · under a mileWalton Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Chesterfield Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 64 haHunloke Country Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 45 haHolmebrook Valley Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 62 haQueen's Parkpark · 1.6 mi · 8 haSomersall Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 4 haWingerworth Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes224 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200848 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202533 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 6.0 · PM2.5 6.6 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband89% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband94% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,977 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation132 m433 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 100 to 222 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWalton Hospital1.0 miGP surgeryDchs North Derbyshire Ccg28 surgeries within 2 miles1.0 miPharmacyPeak Pharmacy8 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistWalton Hospital1.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi16 schools12 primary, 2 secondary, 2 specialSecondaryBrookfield Community Schoolages 11-18, 1,156 pupils1.1 miPrimaryWalton Holymoorside Primary Schoolages 3-11, 379 pupils1.1 miPrimaryWestfield Infant Schoolages 5-7, 150 pupils1.2 miCollegeChesterfield College2.3 miUniversitySheffield Hallam University11.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA27 miRailway stationChesterfield2.4 miBus stationBus StationClay Cross4.0 miBus stops66 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S42 postcode district.
