Bolsover

15°CLight drizzle

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

103 reported · July 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Other theft10
• Criminal damage & arson9

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bolsover and Shuttlewood · Derbyshire

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

142 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

78 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Langwith-Whaley Thorns (5.5 km)
• 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£188,025 average▲ 6.6% YoY

Across Bolsover · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£710 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £500
• 2 bed £648
• 3 bed £751

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

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (11.2 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Middle Street Car Park, Bolsover (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

80,273 residents in Bolsover · 501/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 58 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,559 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 38,920)

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

43 schools · 10,888 pupils

33 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolsover

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

• In a conservation area (Bolsover)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Natalie Fleet

Labour

Bolsover

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 22
• Con 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 12

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £28,287 avg

e.g. Cover Supervisor, Class 1 Driver, Become a Psychology Tutor in Bolsover – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£679 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,224 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,191 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 38% · Wind 30% · Gas 30% · Nuclear 2%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills799 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office404 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership376 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance339 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Old Bolsover · 0.1 km

  Old Bolsover is a civil parish in the Bolsover, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It includes the town of Bolsover and the villages of Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Bentinck and Whaley.

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  St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover · 0.1 km

  St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Bolsover, Derbyshire.

• Over Woodhouse · 0.4 km

  Over Woodhouse is a suburban area lying just northwest of the town of Bolsover in Derbyshire, England. It is just to the north of Bolsover Castle, on a hill facing it. The whole area is surrounded by the A632, the B6…

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  Bolsover · 0.4 km

  Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover district, in Derbyshire, England. It lies 18 miles (29 km) from Sheffield, 26 miles (42 km) from Nottingham and 27 miles (43 km) from Derby. Old…

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  Bolsover Urban District · 0.4 km

  Bolsover was an Urban District in Derbyshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

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  Honour of Peverel · 0.4 km

  The Honour of Peverel is a geographic area in the north of England comprising part of the historic feudal barony held by the Norman Peverel family. The honour was granted to William Peverel by William the Conqueror.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)