Barrow Hill

15°CLight drizzle

• Today: 20° / 15° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

43 reported · July 2026▲ 39% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Other theft5
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Whittington and Barrow Hill · Derbyshire

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

133 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

142 food businesses within 2 miles

• 128 rated 4–5 ★ (112 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Roundhouse Halt (0.3 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£199,439 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Chesterfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £538
• 2 bed £692
• 3 bed £827

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (7.8 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Barrowhill Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

103,569 residents in Chesterfield · 1,568/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 86 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,339 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 51,340)

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

52 schools · 15,624 pupils

36 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 20 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chesterfield

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
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

100 applications decided

90% granted · 90 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Louise Sandher-Jones

Labour

North East Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 27
• LD 11
• Ref 2

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Graphic Design Tutoring Job in Barrow Hill – Flexible Schedule, Online French Tutor - Part Time, Become a Graphic Design Tutor in Barrow Hill – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£718 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,094 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 38% · Gas 21% · Nuclear 1%

131 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80 yrs women · 77 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

5 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in S43

• Springs Health Centre
• The Brimington Surgery
• Calow And Brimington 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 skills450 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation346 local signatures · 22,957 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s309 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership306 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Barrow Hill, Derbyshire · 0.1 km

  Barrow Hill is a village in Derbyshire, England, north-east of Chesterfield in the civil parish of Staveley. It was formerly the site of Barrow Hill railway station, and now Barrow Hill Engine Shed.

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  Barrow Hill railway station · 0.2 km

  Barrow Hill railway station served the village of Barrow Hill, in northern Derbyshire, England, between 1841 and 1954.

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  Barrow Hill Roundhouse · 0.3 km

  Barrow Hill Roundhouse, known as Staveley Engine Shed until 1948, is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Barrow Hill, near Staveley and Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, England. It now serves as a railway heritage centre.

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  Harry Needle Railroad Company · 0.3 km

  The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company, based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire. Prior to 2010 the company also recovered valuable spares from scrapped railway vehicles, either…

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  Staveley Works railway station · 0.9 km

  Staveley Works railway station was on the outskirts of the town of Staveley, Derbyshire.

• Barrow Hill and New Whittington · 1.6 km

  Barrow Hill and New Whittington is one of the nineteen wards that make up the borough of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The population of the ward was 5,541 at the 2021 Census.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)