Derbyshire Dales

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 10° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:24

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

158 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 222 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 rated 4–5 ★ (4 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Darley Dale (6.8 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,364 average▲ 11.7% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£810 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £751
• 3 bed £899

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Hoe Grange Holidays (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 265 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

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

66 schools · 9,448 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derbyshire Dales

695 CQC-registered services

• Care homes245
• GP practices111
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies152
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Derbyshire

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

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

113 applications decided

89.4% granted · 101 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 9
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• GPs & clinics1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £28,500 avg

e.g. Service Coordinator

Source: Adzuna

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,486 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 35,810 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills1,407 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership406 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office294 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Minninglow · 1.9 km

  Minninglow is a hill in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, located within the White Peak area at grid reference SK209573. Within the clump of trees crowning the hill are a Neolithic chambered tomb and two…

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  Elton, Derbyshire · 1.9 km

  Elton is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, and lies within the Peak District. Its nearest towns are Bakewell and Matlock.

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  All Saints' Church, Elton · 2.0 km

  All Saints’ Church, Elton is a Grade II listed Church of England church in Elton, Derbyshire.

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  Duke of York Inn, Elton · 2.0 km

  The Duke of York Inn is a Grade II listed public house at Main Street, Elton, Derbyshire DE4 2BW.

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  Pikehall · 2.2 km

  Pikehall is a small village in the Derbyshire Dales consisting of a few dozen households and a handful of farms. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Hartington Nether Quarter. The A5012 ro…

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  Dale End, Derbyshire · 2.3 km

  Dale End is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England, located to the west of Elton.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)