Newark and Sherwood

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:27

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

223 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 279 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rolleston (6.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£236,524 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£818 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £742
• 3 bed £896

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,901 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (8.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Stormsaver (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

122,955 residents in Newark and Sherwood · 189/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,890
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,710
• Net moves+1,180

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 151 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 58,530)

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

57 schools · 15,987 pupils

45 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newark and Sherwood

797 CQC-registered services

• Care homes282
• GP practices108
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

189 applications decided

87.8% granted · 166 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour (minority)

• Lab 11
• Con 11
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,093 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,819 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newark:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills393 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months314 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks223 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects219 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 199 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Winkburn Hall · 1.6 km

  Winkburn Hall is a Grade I listed country house which stands at the corner of an estate a few miles north-east of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, off the Hockerton to Kirklington road. It was built for the Burnell family…

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  St John of Jerusalem's Church · 1.6 km

  St John of Jerusalem's Church, Winkburn is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Winkburn.

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  Winkburn · 1.7 km

  Winkburn is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located north-west of Southwell and north-west of Newark. Its population count was reported as 103 r…

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  Newark (constituency) · 2.2 km

  Newark is a constituency in Nottinghamshire, England. It is represented by Robert Jenrick, of Reform UK. Jenrick won the seat as a Conservative in a by-election on 5 June 2014, following the resignation of Patrick Mer…

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  Hockerton · 2.2 km

  Hockerton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is 2 miles from the town of Southwell on the A617 between Newark and Mansfield. Fewer than 60 houses are situated around the church, the Spread E…

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  St Andrew's Church, Caunton · 2.4 km

  St. Andrew's Church, Caunton is a parish church in the Church of England in Caunton, Nottinghamshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)