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Chinley

Chinley is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 1,614. It has one GP surgery and one restaurant or café, with one bus stop and the nearest railway station at Chinley, 0.4 km away. There were around 12 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chinley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the High Peak area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 90,933 residents at roughly 169 people per km².

Council
High Peak
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 32nd of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime69
Home affordability56
Affordable rents57
Good schools95
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation64
Employment78
Low council tax63

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

14°CCloudy

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:30

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 64% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Chapel and Chinley · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti social Behaviour Drug Use Nuisance Vehicles Speeding Vehicles

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

79 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 74 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chinley (0.4 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chinley (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£252,980 average 5.8% YoY

Across High Peak · to 2026-06

Detached£435,877
Semi-detached£277,530
Terraced£213,127
Flat£143,573

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Morrisons (2.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Cracken' View Studio, The Old Hall Inn (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

90,933 residents in High Peak · 169/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,385 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,880)

A £1,590
B £1,855
C £2,120
D £2,385
E £2,915
F £3,445
G £3,974
H £4,769

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Glossopdale School and Sixth FormGood
  • Hope Valley CollegeGood
  • St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Buxton Community School
  • Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
  • New Mills School
  • St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

91 applications decided

79.1% granted · 72 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jon Pearce

Labour

High Peak

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 25
  • Con 9
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £44,143 avg

e.g. Children's Residential Support Worker, R&D Technologist, Principal Scientist - Analytical Chemistry

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Imports 16% · Gas 14% · Solar 7%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chinley · 0.1 km

    Chinley is a rural village in the High Peak Borough of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 2,796 at the 2011 Census. Most of the civil parish is within the Peak District National Park. Historically, before the c…

  • Chinley railway station · 0.3 km

    Chinley railway station serves the rural village of Chinley in Derbyshire, England. The station is 17+1⁄2 miles (28.2 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Hope Valley Line from Sheffield to Manchester. It is…

  • Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside · 1.0 km

    Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside is a civil parish within the High Peak district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Partially rural with several villages contained within, its population was 2,794 resident…

  • New Smithy · 1.1 km

    New Smithy is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, Derbyshire, England, near the village of Chinley. It sits on the A624 trunk road from Glossop to Chapel-en-le-Frith featuring a TOTSO wher…

  • Eccles Pike · 1.4 km

    Eccles Pike is an isolated hill three miles west of Chapel en le Frith in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. It consists of gritstone, pink in colour at the summit. While not as prominent as the surrounding hills…

  • Chapel Milton Viaduct · 1.5 km

    Chapel Milton Viaduct is a Grade II listed bifurcated railway viaduct on the Great Rocks Line at its junction with the Hope Valley Line, straddling the Black Brook valley in Chapel Milton, Derbyshire, England. The fir…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chinley?
Chinley is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the High Peak local authority.
What is the population of Chinley?
Chinley has an approximate settlement population of 1,614.
How deprived is Chinley?
The High Peak local authority, which includes Chinley, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.