Bonsall

19°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 14° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Matlock Bath, Cromford and Bonsall · Derbyshire

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

158 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 222 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

162 food businesses within 2 miles

• 122 rated 4–5 ★ (86 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Matlock Bath (1.8 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,364 average▲ 11.7% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£810 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £751
• 3 bed £899

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (2.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (2.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Glendon Bed and Breakfast (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 265 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

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

66 schools · 9,448 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derbyshire Dales

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 (Bonsall)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

113 applications decided

89.4% granted · 101 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

John Whitby

Labour

Derbyshire Dales

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 9
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £57,200 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Bonsall – Flexible & Remote, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Spanish Tutor in Bonsall – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,486 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 35,810 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Biomass 24% · Solar 4% · Imports 4%

279 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills1,407 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership406 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office294 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Bonsall, Derbyshire · 0.0 km

  Bonsall is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales on the edge of the Peak District. The civil parish population, including Brightgate and Horse Dale, was 775 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 803 at the 20…

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  St James the Apostle's Church, Bonsall · 0.1 km

  St James the Apostle's Church, Bonsall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Bonsall, Derbyshire.

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  Slaley, Derbyshire · 0.9 km

  Slaley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bonsall, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The hamlet is located to the south of Bonsall and south-west of Matlock within the boundaries…

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  Heights of Abraham · 1.3 km

  The Heights of Abraham is a tourist attraction in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. It consists of a hilltop park on top of Masson Hill, accessed from the village by the Heights of Abraham cable car. The heights are…

• Great Rutland Cavern · 1.4 km

  Great Rutland Cavern is one of two caves at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. The other is Great Masson Cavern.

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  Great Masson Cavern · 1.4 km

  Great Masson Cavern is one of two caves at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. The other is Great Rutland Cavern.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)