Dove Holes

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:36

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, 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

19 reported · August 2026▲ 280% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Buxton Rural East · 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)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dove Holes (0.3 km)
• 8 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 (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Nestlé Waters UK LTD (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

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
• 2 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)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Rider - Scooter, Delivery Rider - Car

Source: Adzuna

£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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 26% · Biomass 23% · Imports 3%

209 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · 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

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SK17

• Stewart Medical Centre
• Buxton Medical Practice
• Elmwood Medical Centre

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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  Dove Holes · 0.2 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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  The Bull Ring · 0.3 km

  The Bull Ring is a Class II henge that was built in the Late Neolithic period near Dove Holes in Derbyshire, England.

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  Dove Holes railway station · 0.3 km

  Dove Holes railway station serves the village of Dove Holes, in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Buxton line between Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton; it is situated 22+3⁄4 miles (36.6 km) south-east of Picc…

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  Dove Holes Tunnel · 1.2 km

  Dove Holes Tunnel is a tunnel built by the Midland Railway between Peak Forest Signal Box and Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire in 1860–64, now carrying the Great Rocks Line.

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  Black Edge · 1.8 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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  Peak Dale · 1.9 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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)