Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 15 min4:26 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 17 min8:22 am – 3:39 pm
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People8,191 residentsin the Burniston, Sleights & Fylingdales census areaMedian age 56.23,759 households78% of homes owner-occupied54% owned outright8% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 3,571 in work, 37% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, hospitality 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 58% go by car, 1% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C691 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November39 days of air frost, 7 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 landmarksLarpool Viaducthistoric site · 1.9 miLow Daledale · under a mileLittle Beck Wood Nature Reservewalk or trail · under a mileFalling Fosswaterfall · 2.4 miEcho Hillhill · under a mileCintra househistoric site · 2.6 miOak Hillhill · 1.1 miPike Hillmountain · 3.7 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesCalla Beckpark · 2.4 mi · 6 haPannett Parkpark · 2.4 mi · 3 haThe Little Parkpark · 2.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes41 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202029 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Mar 202326 mi away, Hilton, North 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 3.4 · PM2.5 4.6 · PM10 8.5 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband60% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband90% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,018 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation84 m276 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 3 to 186 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWhitby Hospital2.5 miGP surgerySleights And Sandsend Medical Practiceunder a milePharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.1 miDentistFormer Community Hall2.4 miPolice stationWhitby police station2.5 miCash machineThe Cooperative Food Post Office Whitby, Endeavour Wharf2.6 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimarySleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 2-11, 117 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRuswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 3-11, 36 pupils1.4 miSecondaryWhitby Schoolages 11-19, 975 pupils2.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME32 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA58 miRailway stationSleightsunder a mileFerryTransporter Bridge North SidePort Clarence25 miBus stops25 within a mileCar parkCliff Street Car ParkWhitby2.7 miEV chargingInstaVolt Charging StationWhitby2.5 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the YO22 postcode district.
