Birch Vale

5°CClear

• Today: 9° / 4° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:34

9h 26m 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 · Manchester Piccadilly, 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

21 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: New Mills and Hayfield · Derbyshire

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

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)

90 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: New Mills Central (3.1 km)
• 12 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: 157.9p · Esso (4.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Furnessvale Marina (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds8

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

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

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

78 applications decided

87.2% granted · 68 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 48% · Wind 28% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

40 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SK22

• Sett Valley Medical Centre
• Arden House Medical Practice

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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  Birch Vale · 0.1 km

  Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, between New Mills and Hayfield. Most of Birch Vale, including the attached hamlet of Thorn…

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  Birch Vale railway station · 0.2 km

  Birch Vale railway station served the village of Birch Vale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England from 1868 to 1970. It was the only intermediate passenger stop on the branch between New Mills Central and Hayfield.

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  Hayfield railway station · 1.3 km

  Hayfield railway station was the terminus of the 3 mi (4.8 km) Hayfield branch from New Mills Central station in Derbyshire, England.

• Lantern Pike · 1.3 km

  Lantern Pike is a hill near Hayfield, in Derbyshire, England. The land lies within the Peak District National Park and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. It is permanently open to the public. According to…

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  St Matthew's Church, Hayfield · 1.3 km

  St Matthew's Church, Hayfield, is the parish church of Hayfield, Derbyshire, England. The church, parts of which date from the 14th century, is a Grade II listed building and adjacent to the River Sett. Its five-stage…

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  Hayfield, Derbyshire · 1.7 km

  Hayfield is a village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 2,700. The village is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of New Mills, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Glossop and 10 miles (16 km)…

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