Ashfield

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 11° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

60 reported · July 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Public order6

Neighbourhood team: Ashfield Rural · Nottinghamshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

184 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

193 food businesses within 2 miles

• 147 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kirkby-in-Ashfield (2.1 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£190,024 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Ashfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£793 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £845

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (9.5 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: CLEARMARK STATION 1 (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,297 residents in Ashfield · 1,153/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 63 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 58,000)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

50 schools · 19,690 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashfield

796 CQC-registered services

• Care homes283
• GP practices107
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

97 applications decided

79.4% granted · 77 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lee Anderson

Reform UK

Ashfield

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 31

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised · £33,530 avg

e.g. Sous Chef, Quantity Surveyor, Rental Property Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£676 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,973 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,893 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Solar 18% · Gas 14% · Biomass 8%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile6.8
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

17 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NG17

• Willowbrook Medical Practice
• Woodlands Medical Practice
• King'S Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills706 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office386 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership321 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s277 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test261 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Nuncargate · 0.6 km

  Nuncargate is a village near Kirkby-in-Ashfield, within the Ashfield district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is 130 miles (210 km) north of London and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Nottingham, the co…

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  St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkby Woodhouse · 0.7 km

  St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Kirkby Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.

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  Annesley Woodhouse · 0.9 km

  Annesley Woodhouse is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, located approximately 10 mi north of the City of Nottingham and 6 mi south of Mansfield, close to Junction 27 of the M1 motorway. It has a current populatio…

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  Annesley · 1.4 km

  Annesley is a village and civil parish in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Hucknall and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,162, and this increased to 1,814 at th…

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  Kirkby Bentinck railway station · 1.4 km

  Kirkby Bentinck railway station is a former station on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway which served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England from 1893 to 1963.

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  St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield · 1.6 km

  St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it i…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)