Batham Gate

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 6° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:28

9h 15m 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 · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

143 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 66 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dove Holes (2.1 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£265,635 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across High Peak · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£937 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £625
• 2 bed £811
• 3 bed £991

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

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

1,307 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: 174.9p · ESSO (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Nestlé Waters UK LTD (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,394
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,237
• Net moves+157

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 167 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,385 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

57 schools · 10,747 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other

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

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

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

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

78 applications decided

87.2% granted · 68 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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 & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£738 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 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

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SK17

• Stewart Medical Centre
• Buxton Medical Practice
• Elmwood Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks419 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills419 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs328 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND200 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Batham Gate · 0.2 km

  Batham Gate is the medieval name for a Roman road in Derbyshire, England, which ran south-west from Templebrough on the River Don in South Yorkshire to Brough-on-Noe and the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire. Gate mean…

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  Peak Forest railway station · 1.4 km

  Peak Forest railway station served the small villages of Peak Dale, Smalldale and Peak Forest, in Derbyshire, England.

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  Peak Dale · 1.5 km

  Peak Dale is a small village in Derbyshire, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Buxton and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of Dove Holes. The population falls within the civil parish of Wormhill & Green Fairfield.

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  Buxton Racecourse · 1.9 km

  Buxton Racecourse was a horse racing track in the 19th century on Fairfield Common near Buxton in Derbyshire, England. In 1804 an earlier racecourse field was recorded at Heathfield Nook, on the other side of Buxton t…

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  Black Edge · 1.9 km

  Black Edge is a summit, 507 metres (1,663 ft) high, on a sharp ridgeline above the village of Dove Holes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England.

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  Dove Holes · 2.1 km

  Dove Holes is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It has a population of about 1,200 (2001), shown in the 2011 Census as being included in the population of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It straddles the…

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