Foston (South Derbyshire)

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 18° / 12° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:24

12h 45m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Burglary3
• Public order1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Etwall, Hatton and Hilton · Derbyshire

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

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)

36 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tutbury and Hatton (2.5 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£258,672 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 140.9p · AppleGreen (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (9.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Horseshoes (7.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Funding available to help communities access skills and employment opportunities· 8 Sept 2026
• Chair's Blog: July 2026· 24 Aug 2026
• Residents asked to not have garden fires following prolonged dry weather· 18 Aug 2026
• Power Supply Disruption at Etwall Leisure Centre· 12 Aug 2026
• Put your business on the move with advertising on Council vehicles· 11 Aug 2026

Source: South Derbyshire Council

107,205 residents in South Derbyshire · 317/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,340 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

131 applications decided

92.4% granted · 121 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 11
• LD 2
• Oth 2

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

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

• 
  RAF Church Broughton · 0.1 km

  Royal Air Force Church Broughton or more simply RAF Church Broughton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Church Broughton, Derbyshire, England.

• Foston, Derbyshire · 1.5 km

  Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) west of Derby and 8 miles (13 km) east of Uttoxeter. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists it as Fa…

• 
  St Michael and All Angels' Church, Church Broughton · 1.6 km

  St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Church Broughton is the Church of England parish church of Church Broughton, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

• 
  Church Broughton · 1.7 km

  Church Broughton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, 13.7 miles (22.0 km) to the west of Derby. It has a church and a Methodist chapel (1828). Badway Green is a piece of common land within the parish. It is a…

• HM Prison Foston Hall · 1.8 km

  HM Prison Foston Hall is a women's closed category prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Foston in Derbyshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

• Badway Green · 1.9 km

  Badway Green is a piece of common land in the parish of Church Broughton in Derbyshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)