Ashover

6°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 6° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:29

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 75% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Wingerworth and Rural · Derbyshire

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

158 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Matlock (6.1 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£253,012 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£791 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £569
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £878

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 (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,368 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: 157.9p · Esso (5.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.8 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Peak Edge Hotel (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,999 residents in North East Derbyshire · 370/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,852
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,194
• Net moves+1,658

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 49,100)

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

51 schools · 12,891 pupils

46 primary · 3 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North East Derbyshire

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 49 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

119 applications decided

87.4% granted · 104 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Louise Sandher-Jones

Labour

North East Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 26
• Con 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 6
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £47,310 avg

e.g. Care Assistant, SEND Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£741 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,905 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,377 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Biomass 30% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 4%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in S45

• Royal Primary Care Clay Cross
• Clay Cross Medical Centre
• Matlock And Ashover Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills452 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation351 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth169 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  All Saints' Church, Ashover · 0.2 km

  All Saints’ Church, Ashover is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ashover, Derbyshire.

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  Ashover · 0.4 km

  Ashover is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,905, increasing t…

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  Ashover Butts railway station · 0.5 km

  Ashover Butts railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashover in Derbyshire, England. It was the terminus of the 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow gauge Ashover Light Railway.

• Rattle, Derbyshire · 0.5 km

  Rattle is a hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire. It is part of the village of Ashover. This portion of the village, also known as The Rattle, was the centre of stocking frame working in Ashover and probably der…

• Salter Lane railway station · 0.5 km

  Salter Lane railway station co-served the village of Ashover, Derbyshire, England, from 1925 to 1936 on the Ashover Light Railway.

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  Fallgate railway station · 1.4 km

  Fallgate railway station co-served the village of Milltown, Derbyshire, England, from 1925 to 1936 on the Ashover Light Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)