Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 5 min4:36 am – 9:42 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 26 min8:22 am – 3:48 pm
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People6,781 residentsin the Norton Tower & Mount Tabor census areaMedian age 41.02,813 households74% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright13% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.3% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 3,023 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 60% go by car, 4% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle69% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages29% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C1,080 mm of rain a year, 28 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December44 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 landmarksWarley Cloughvalley · under a mileAlbert Reservoirreservoir · 1.1 miLumb Fallwaterfall · 2.7 miTower Hillhill · under a mileRamsden Wood Reservoirreservoir · 1.4 miKirkham Turnwater · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesRoils Head Playing Fieldspark · under a mile · 24 haCrow Wood Parkpark · under a mile · 6 haWest View Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haWest End Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 30 haSowerby Bridge Church Institute Cricket Clubplaying field · under a mileWarley Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes187 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197637 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202648 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: 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 7.1 · PM2.5 6.3 · PM10 9.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband90% 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)2,879 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation229 m751 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 74 to 331 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCalderdale Royal Hospital2.5 miGP surgerySpring Hall Group Practice19 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacySpring Hall Pharmacy14 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistTower Hill Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi34 schools24 primary, 3 secondary, 1 all-through, 2 independent, 4 specialPrimaryWarley Town Schoolages 4-11, 129 pupilsright hereSecondaryTrinity Academy Grammarages 11-16, 968 pupilsunder a milePrimaryChrist Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary Schoolages 3-11, 70 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCalderdale College1.5 miUniversityUniversity of Huddersfield7.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA14 miRailway stationSowerby Bridgeunder a mileBus stationHalifax Bus StationHalifax Town Centre2.3 miBus stops187 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HX2 postcode district.
