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Hardwick Wood

Hardwick Wood is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 2,200. There are 3 bus stops, around 1 pharmacies and 1 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Chesterfield, 5.4 km away. In June 2026, there were around 4 recorded street crimes, 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 Hardwick Wood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Derbyshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 101,999 residents at roughly 370 people per km².

Council
North East Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 116th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability69
Affordable rents85
Good schools3
Life expectancy33
Low deprivation53
Employment82
Low council tax41

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:30

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

12 reported · August 2026▲ 71% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wingerworth and Rural · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1: Drug Dealing, hotspot areas around New Tupton. 2: Speeding continues to be an issue on various locations on NE05. 3: ASB in and around…

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

Road safety

158 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

63 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 53 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chesterfield (5.4 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chesterfield (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£253,012 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Detached£343,161
Semi-detached£229,718
Terraced£181,900
Flat£125,327

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£791 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £569
  • 2 bed £723
  • 3 bed £878

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,368 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.4 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Six Halts (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

101,999 residents in North East Derbyshire · 370/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,852
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,194
  • Net moves+1,658

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 49,100)

A £1,644
B £1,918
C £2,193
D £2,467
E £3,015
F £3,563
G £4,111
H £4,933

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

Schools

51 schools · 12,891 pupils

46 primary · 3 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolGood
  • Tupton Hall SchoolGood
  • Eckington SchoolInadequate

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North East Derbyshire

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

119 applications decided

87.4% granted · 104 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Louise Sandher-Jones

Labour

North East Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • Con 14
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£741 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,905 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 · 49,377 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 22% · Biomass 21% · Imports 2%

232 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in S42

  • North Wingfield Medical Centre
  • St Lawrence Road Surgery
  • Wingerworth Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Derbyshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Wingerworth · 1.4 km

    Wingerworth is a large village and parish in North East Derbyshire, England. Its population, according to the 2011 census, was 6,533. Wingerworth is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Chesterfield, 15 miles (24 km) south o…

  • All Saints' Church, Wingerworth · 1.6 km

    All Saints’ Church, Wingerworth is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Wingerworth, Derbyshire.

  • Wingerworth Hall · 1.7 km

    Wingerworth Hall, demolished 1927, was the ancestral home of the Hunloke family in the village of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, England. It was built on an elevated site and completed in 1724 by an unknown architect. The h…

  • Alton, Derbyshire · 2.3 km

    Alton is a very small village in Derbyshire, England. Alton is in the civil parish of Ashover, and is around 2 miles away from Clay Cross although it is not part of the town. The village does not have a church, a scho…

  • Old Tupton · 2.3 km

    Old Tupton is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located on the A61 Derby road, near to Tupton, and to the south of Chesterfield.

  • Clay Cross Town F.C. · 2.5 km

    Clay Cross Town Football Club is an English football club based in Clay Cross, Derbyshire. The club plays in the United Counties League Premier Division North.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hardwick Wood?
Hardwick Wood is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the North East Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Hardwick Wood?
The North East Derbyshire local authority, which includes Hardwick Wood, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.