Batham Gate

14°COvercast

• Today: 14° / 8° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:37

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Buxton Rural East · 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)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (55 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

£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: 163.7p · Morrisons (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Morrisons (5.1 km)

3 stations 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)

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

91 applications decided

79.1% granted · 72 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

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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  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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