Bourne place profile (CPMS) Flashcards
(22 cards)
population
18000
average salary
£36000
households
7700 households
2000 else’s park
ethnicities
96% white
8% born out of uk
religion
60% christian’s
10 places of worship
travel
80% commute by car
28% travel 10-30km to work
Bakkavor
25 years
1200 employees
super fast broadband
97%
largest industries
farming
food production
attracts internal migrants and migrants from East Europe
cultural factors
-beer festival since 2002
-Rememberance day Parade
-Raymond Mays Hill climb champion
-71 listed historical buildings
-leisure: sports, youth centre, Bourne Woods, takeaways and restaurants
physical factors
-Bourne Woods managed by Forestry Commission
-W of the fens –> flat and flood risk
-clay soil rich for arable farming
-lies on limestone
Bourne River
political
-largely conservative
-voted pro brexit
-MP= gareth davies
-small labour groups in urban and younger areas
built environment
-elsea park added 2000 homes in £55 million project & added a school
-7700 households
-red hall-1600s
-abbey church- 1138
-71 listed historic buildings
businesses
sophie airport
travis perkins
howdens
lidl
used to be a market town
connections
A15
delaine buses
used to have a railway
flows of people
-migration for agriculture and food processing industries
-commuter town for nearby economic hubs like peterborough
-international migration from Eastern Europe
flows of money and investment:
elsea park
£55 million project
2000 homes
community facilities
flows of money and investment: Bakkavor
25 years
supplies tesco, sainsburys and MandS
connects bourne to national food supply chains and significantly adds the local economy
drives migrantion and links bourne to global markets through exports and supply contracts
1200 employees
flows of money and investment: shops
-national chains like Tesco Lidl Sainsburys invest and draw shoppers
-large shopping centre in peterborough–> closing of independent shops
-tourism - motor racing heritage highlighted in the BRM centenary celebrations in 2021
flows of ideas
-education: BGS rated “outstanding “ and has a wide catchment area
-digital: 97% has super fast broadband due to digital infrastructure strategy–> remote working
-sustainability: solar panel farms
shaping the built and natural environment
-expansion of elsea park lead to a more suburban aesthetic
-modern facilities like the Elsea Park community centre reflect the demands of a younger population
-Bourne Woods
-Grimsthorpe Castle
challenges
-population growth –> strain on healthcare and education services
-increased commuting leads to congestion along the A15
-economic leakage to peterborough’s larger retail centre is a challenge for the high street
