Biggleswade | Bedfordshire | England | UK | Europe | 01/01/2025 | Town Walk

00:00 - Globe Intro 00:18 - Biggleswade Railway Station 00:56 - Station Road 03:08 - High Street 11:56 - Abbots Walk 12:40 - Church Street 12:50 - Abbots Walk 13:20 - High Street 14:40 - Shortmead Street/ A6001 15:13 - St Andrew's Church 16:17 - Shortmead Street/ A6001 17:23 - High Street 19:48 - Market Place 21:52 - Hitchin Street 24:43 - Mill Lane 25:21 - St Andrew' Street/ B659 25:38 - Mill Lane/ River Ivel Number Plate Registration KA, KB, KC, KD, KE, KF, KG, KH, KJ, KK and KL Luton UK Parliament July 2024 General Election North Bedfordshire Conservative - Richard Fuller 38.8% vote share (19,981 votes) Life expectancy at birth (Male) 2022 - 2024 80.6 years (Central Bedfordshire) 79.5 years (England) Life expectancy at 65 (Male) 2022 - 2024 19.4 years (Central Bedfordshire) 18.9 years (England) Life expectancy at birth (Female) 2022 - 2024 84.2 years (Central Bedfordshire) 83.3 years (England) Life expectancy at 65 (Female) 2022 - 2024 22.1 years (Central Bedfordshire) 21.4 years (England) *Biggleswade West Religious Makeup (ONS, 2021)* No Religion 48.9% Christian 42.9% Hindu 0.8% Muslim 0.6% Buddhist 0.5% Jewish 0.3% Sikh 0.3% Other Religion 0.5% Not Answered 5.2% *Biggleswade East Religious Makeup (ONS, 2021)* No Religion 48.3% Christian 42.6% Muslim 1.0% Hindu 0.9% Sikh 0.6% Buddhist 0.4% Jewish 0.2% Other Religion 0.4% Not Answered 5.7% *Biggleswade East Top 5 Ethnic Groups (ONS, 2021)* White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 86.2% White: Other White 4.5% Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 1.4% Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 1.2% Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Groups: White and Black Caribbean 0.8% Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Groups: White and Asian 0.8% *Biggleswade West Top 5 Ethnic Groups (ONS, 2021)* White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 85.0% White: Other White 4.4% Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 1.7% Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 1.2% Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Groups: White and Asian 0.8% White Irish: 0.8% Nearest motorway, as the crow flies A1(M), Baldock Services 5.6miles (9.0 km) Distance to central London, as the crow flies 40.3 miles (64.9 km) Nearest Country, as the crow flies Cap Gris-Nez, Pas-de-Calais Hauts-de-France,France 115.8 miles (186.4 km) Nearest International Airport, as the crow flies London Luton Airport LTN 14.7 miles(23.7 kilometres) Distance to The North Pole - 2,620 miles (4,216 km) Equator - 3,483 miles (5,605 km) South Pole - 9,817 miles (15,799 km) Farthest settlement in the world, as the crow flies Waitangi, Chatham Islands New Zealand 11,840 miles (19,055 km) Opposite side of the world --52.087, 179.735 (enter this into google maps) CFB Temperate Oceanic Climate This climate can also be found in Valdivia (Chile), Tristan da Cunha, Melbourne (Australia) and Vancouver (Canada). The following climate data is for Bedford weather station (13 miles from Biggleswade) 1991-2020 averages Coldest month of the year January - 7.3°C (45.1°F) Daily Maximum February - 1.5°C (34.7°F) Daily Minimum Warmest month of the year July - 22.4°C (72.3°F) Maximum August - 12.3°C (54.1°F) Minimum Average annual min/max temperatures 8.5°C (57.9°F)/ 6.4°C (43.5°F) The month that gets the least/most sunshine hours December - 58.5 (24.1% of daylight hours) July - 200.6 (39.9% of daylight hours) Annual sunshine hours 1,568 (35.8% of daylight hours) Month that gets the most rainfall October - 65.3 mm (2.57 inches) Month that gets the least rainfall March 37/3 mm (1.47 inches) Annual rainfall 608.5 mm (23.96 inches) Annual rainy (more than 0.01 inch) rainy days 114.8 (31.4% of the year) Month that gets the most days of air frost January - 10.1 Days of air frost per year 11.3 (3.1% of the year) Air frost is extremely rare from mid May - late October. Shortest day of the year 21 December Sunrise 08:06:45 Sunset 15:51:30 On the shortest day of the year (21 December), the sun reaches its maximum height of 14.54°, at 11:59:00 local time. UV Index values are low (0.1) at this time of year. Longest day of the year 21 June Sunrise 04:39:45 Sunset 21:26:00 On the longest day of the year (21 June), the sun reaches its maximum height of 61.36°, at 13:02:45 local time. UV Index values are high (7) at this time of year. Vitamin is synthesised from the sun when the sun is at least 45° (halfway between the horizon and overhead/ shadow shorter than person's height) in the sky. Assuming clear skies, this occurs daily from 7 April - 3 September (150 days/ 41.1% of the year). 4 September - 6 April is Biggleswade’s vitamin D Winter (210/ 58.9% of the year). Time in Biggleswade runs 0.00000000000038% faster than Big Ben in London.