Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 56 min4:38 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:15 am – 3:49 pm
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People6,093 residentsin the Bestwood Village census areaMedian age 43.52,619 households76% of homes owner-occupied40% owned outright10% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.0% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 2,934 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 16%, construction 11%Getting to work: 27% work from home, 59% go by car, 8% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle74% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages28% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month December: highs 8°C, lows 2°C719 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October36 days of air frost, 12 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 landmarksGaunt's Hillhill · under a mileViolet Hillhill · under a mileJapanese Plantationswoodland · under a mileChurch Plantationswoodland · under a mileLeen Valleyvalley · 2.1 miThe Lakelake · 4.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBestwood Country Parkpark · under a mile · 202 haArnot Hill Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haHazel Hill Crescent Open Spacepark · under a mileRedhill Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileKing George's Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 3 haChediston Vale Parkplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes153 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200843 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202548 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 9.9 · PM2.5 7.5 · 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
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,900 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation87 m285 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 63 to 131 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (Nuh)1.4 miGP surgeryStenhouse Medical Centre17 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAsda Pharmacy16 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistArnold Dental Careunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi34 schools26 primary, 5 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherSecondaryRedhill Academyages 11-18, 1,582 pupilsunder a milePrimaryArnold Mill Primary and Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 340 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 229 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNottingham College4.0 miUniversityThe Nottingham Trent University3.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA15 miRailway stationBulwell2.5 miTramMoor Bridge Tram Stop2.0 miBus stationBulwell Bus Station2.6 miBus stops136 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NG5 postcode district.
