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County or areaLeicestershire
Postcode districtLE12
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 54 min4:39 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 36 min8:14 am – 3:50 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People6,285 residentsin the Wymeswold, Rearsby & Cossington census areaMedian age 48.92,527 households85% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright4% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.2% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,110 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, education 13%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 41% work from home, 53% go by car, 1% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle43% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages43% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C652 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December45 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 1 to 7°CJFebruary: 1 to 8°CFMarch: 2 to 11°CMApril: 4 to 14°CAMay: 7 to 17°CMJune: 9 to 20°CJJuly: 11 to 22°CJAugust: 11 to 22°CASeptember: 9 to 19°CSOctober: 7 to 14°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 1 to 8°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksThe Duke's Lakelake · 1.3 miMere Hillhill · 1.0 miCharnwood Waterlake · 2.8 miSutcliffe Hillhill · 1.3 miOld Woodwoodland · under a mileBlack Firswoodland · 1.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHoton Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mileSidings Parkpark · 2.2 miBarrow upon Soar Millennium Parkpark · 2.5 mi · 2 haBurton Lane Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.6 mi · 2 haSouthfields Parkpark · 2.7 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes133 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200246 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Dec 20245 mi away, Gotham, NottinghamshireSource: 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 6.8 · PM2.5 6.6 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband34% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,579 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation67 m220 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 50 to 81 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLoughborough Hospital3.5 miGP surgeryPinfold Medical Practice2.7 miPharmacyWymeswold Pharmacy LTD1.8 miDentistCarillon Dental Care2.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryBurton-on-the-Wolds Primary Schoolages 4-11, 213 pupils1.0 miPrimaryWymeswold Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 115 pupils2.0 miSecondaryHumphrey Perkins Schoolages 11-16, 863 pupils2.5 miCollegeLoughborough College3.4 miUniversityLoughborough University3.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA8.0 miRailway stationLoughborough (Leics)2.2 miBus stationSt Margaret's Bus StationLeicester11 miBus stops10 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

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