New Mills

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 14° / 9° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:40

13h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

41 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Other theft6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Public order5

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: New Mills and Hayfield · Derbyshire

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

570 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 743 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

109 food businesses within 2 miles

• 93 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: New Mills Central (0.4 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,387 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£984 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £898
• 3 bed £1,105

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

7.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.6 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (1.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Morrisons (7.5 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Furnessvale Marina (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)

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

182 schools · 60,238 pupils

124 primary · 23 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

157inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East

412 CQC-registered services

• Care homes105
• GP practices71
• Dentists104
• Homecare agencies93
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East

• In a conservation area (New Mills)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

548 applications decided

89.1% granted · 488 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jon Pearce

Labour

High Peak

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 28
• Con 32
• LD 1
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £32,436 avg

e.g. Caretaker, Class One Driver - New Mills, Trainee Driving Instructor - New Mills, Derbyshire, England

Source: Adzuna

£808 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,202 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 · 195,088 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 28% · Imports 13% · Biomass 10%

26 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66 women · 64.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office443 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills418 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership414 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Torrs Hydro · 0.2 km

  Torrs Hydro is a micro hydroelectric scheme, owned by the community, in New Mills, Derbyshire. It is on the River Goyt, immediately below its confluence with the River Sett at the Torr weir. A 2.4-metre diameter steel…

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  New Mills School · 0.2 km

  New Mills School is a comprehensive school in the town of New Mills, in the north west of Derbyshire.

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  Torr Vale Mill · 0.3 km

  Torr Vale Mill is a Grade II* listed former cotton mill located in New Mills, Derbyshire, England, on a small rocky outcrop at the bottom of the Torrs gorge in a bend of the River Goyt.

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  New Mills Town Hall · 0.3 km

  New Mills Town Hall is a municipal building on Spring Bank, New Mills, Derbyshire, England. Constructed of local gritstone, it was opened in 1871 as a public hall for the Mechanics Institute, and became a town hall in…

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  New Mills Central railway station · 0.4 km

  New Mills Central railway station serves the town of New Mills, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield, 12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) east of the former. The town…

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  New Mills F.C. · 0.5 km

  New Mills Football Club are an English football club based in New Mills, Derbyshire. They currently play in the North West Counties League Division One South.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)