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Foremark

Foremark is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 1,600. It has no listed local facilities or bus stops, but the nearest railway station is Willington, 4.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Foremark area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Derbyshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 107,205 residents at roughly 317 people per km².

Council
South Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 38th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime77
Home affordability75
Affordable rents86
Good schools22
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation69
Employment82
Low council tax73

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Mercia · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1) Road safety 2) Anti-social behaviour in known hotspot areas

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

Road safety

179 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

14 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Willington (4.6 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Willington (4.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£258,672 average 5.6% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Detached£363,294
Semi-detached£237,504
Terraced£189,462
Flat£137,330

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£879 average monthly rent 4.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £608
  • 2 bed £797
  • 3 bed £1,001

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

Affordability

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.9p · AppleGreen (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (10.8 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Crewe & Harpur (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

107,205 residents in South Derbyshire · 317/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 218 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,340 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (23% of 51,050)

A £1,560
B £1,820
C £2,080
D £2,340
E £2,860
F £3,379
G £3,899
H £4,679

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

Schools

58 schools · 14,656 pupils

42 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 22 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • John Port Spencer AcademyGood
  • The Pingle AcademyGood
  • Granville Academy
  • Mercia Academy

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

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
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

92.4% granted · 121 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 21
  • Con 11
  • LD 2
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£828 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,055 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,469 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Foremark · 0.5 km

    Foremark is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It contains Foremarke Hall, a medieval manor house which now houses Repton Preparatory School; and part of Foremark Reserv…

  • Anchor Church · 0.5 km

    Anchor Church is a series of caves in a Keuper Sandstone outcrop, close to the village of Ingleby, Derbyshire, England. The caves have been extended by human intervention to form a crude dwelling place, complete with…

  • Repton Prep · 0.5 km

    Repton Prep is a co-educational Private Preparatory School in Foremark, Derbyshire, England which caters for day and boarding pupils aged 3–13 years old. It is commonly referred to as Foremarke Hall – the name given t…

  • Foremarke Hall · 0.5 km

    Foremarke Hall is a Georgian-Palladian country house and manor house. Completed in 1762, the Hall is located at the manor (hamlet) of Foremark, near the hamlets of Ingleby, Ticknall, Milton, and the village of Repton…

  • St Saviour's Church, Foremark · 0.8 km

    St Saviour's Church, Foremark, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Foremark, Derbyshire.

  • Ingleby, Derbyshire · 1.2 km

    Ingleby is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district, in Derbyshire, England, situated to the south of the River Trent on a rise between Stanton by Bridge and Repton. In 2001 the parish had a populati…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Foremark?
Foremark is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the South Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Foremark?
The South Derbyshire local authority, which includes Foremark, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.