Bamford

14°CSunny

• Today: 15° / 8° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:37

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Devonshire Green, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Vehicle crime2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Hope Valley · Derbyshire

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

154 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 34 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bamford (1.0 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£252,980 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across High Peak · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£928 average monthly rent▲ 6.7% YoY

• 1 bed £619
• 2 bed £803
• 3 bed £982

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · ESSO (10.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Hope Car Park, Hope (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

90,933 residents in High Peak · 169/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 202 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,385 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,880)

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

58 schools · 10,747 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 22 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · High Peak

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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

91 applications decided

79.1% granted · 72 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jon Pearce

Labour

High Peak

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 25
• Con 9
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £27,476 avg

e.g. Caretaker, Engineering Stores and Purchasing Manager, Electrical Maintenance Planner

Source: Adzuna

£738 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,328 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 · 40,311 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 50% · Wind 20% · Imports 16% · Gas 9%

95 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

1 GP surgery · 0 pharmacies in S33

• Evelyn Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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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  Bamford · 0.0 km

  Bamford is a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, close to the River Derwent. To the north-east is Bamford Edge, and to the north-west the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Reservoirs. At the 2021 census, it…

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  Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bamford · 0.3 km

  Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bamford is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Bamford, Derbyshire. The church dates back to the mid-19th century and is a Grade II listed building. It was designed by M. E. Hadfield…

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  St John the Baptist's Church, Bamford · 0.3 km

  St John the Baptist church is a C of E church in Bamford in the Hope Valley, Derbyshire, England.

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  Thornhill, Derbyshire · 1.0 km

  Thornhill is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, England, in the Peak District, south of Ladybower Reservoir and east of Castleton. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 147.

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  Bamford railway station · 1.0 km

  Bamford railway station serves the village of Bamford in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England and is managed by Northern Trains. It is located 13 miles (21 km) west of Sheffield on the Hope Valley Line.

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  River Noe · 1.0 km

  The River Noe is a tributary of the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. It flows approximately 12 miles (19 km) from its source, the confluence of two streams running off Kinder Scout in the Peak District, east thro…

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