Ashbourne

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:30

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

39 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Public order5
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Other crime4

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Ashbourne · Derbyshire

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

170 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

107 food businesses within 2 miles

• 76 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£341,776 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£819 average monthly rent▲ 9% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £760
• 3 bed £909

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

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

977 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

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Shawcroft Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,567
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,855
• Net moves+712

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

65 schools · 9,194 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

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

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

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

689 CQC-registered services

• Care homes245
• GP practices111
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies147
• Hospitals & hospices18

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Derbyshire

• In a conservation area (Ashbourne)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 176 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

84.7% granted · 116 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

John Whitby

Labour

Derbyshire Dales

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

197 jobs advertised · £35,770 avg

e.g. Kitchen Fitter (Self-Employed), Reach Truck Driver, Roofer (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% 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

70% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 38% · Wind 28% · Gas 24% · Imports 5%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in DE6

• Ashbourne Medical Practice
• Henmore Health - Brailsford Surgery
• Henmore Health - Ashbourne Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills1,414 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs299 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects205 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately193 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Green Man, Ashbourne · 0.1 km

  The Green Man & Black's Head Royal Hotel is a public house and hotel on St John Street in the town centre of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The premises is known for its Grade II* listed entrance sign and its association with…

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  Ashbourne, Derbyshire · 0.2 km

  Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district in Derbyshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Derby. Its population was 8,967 in the 2021 census. It has many historical buildings and independent s…

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  Ashbourne Urban District · 0.2 km

  Ashbourne was an urban district in Derbyshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

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  Ashbourne Rural District · 0.2 km

  Ashbourne was a Rural District in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

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  St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne · 0.2 km

  St Oswald's Church is a Church of England parish church located in Ashbourne, in the county of Derbyshire, England.

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  Ashbourne Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Ashbourne Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Ashbourne Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)