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Hayfield

Hayfield is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 1,940. It has one pharmacy, one restaurant and café, 11 bus stops, the nearest railway station is New Mills Central, 4.2 km away, and there were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hayfield 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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 15° / 11° · 68% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:35

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Oxford Road, United Kingdom

Crime

13 reported · July 2026 19% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Public order2
  • Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: New Mills and Hayfield · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour Speeding Issues on the A6015 Off Road Motor Bikes

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

33 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 30 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: New Mills Central (4.2 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from New Mills Central (4.3 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 (5.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Morrisons (6.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Furnessvale Marina (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds9

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
  • 36 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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £65,665 avg

e.g. Registered Nurse

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 34% · Wind 34% · Imports 12% · Solar 11%

31 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

  • Hayfield railway station · 0.1 km

    Hayfield railway station was the terminus of the 3 mi (4.8 km) Hayfield branch from New Mills Central station in Derbyshire, England.

  • St Matthew's Church, Hayfield · 0.1 km

    St Matthew's Church, Hayfield, is the parish church of Hayfield, Derbyshire, England. The church, parts of which date from the 14th century, is a Grade II listed building and adjacent to the River Sett. Its five-stage…

  • Hayfield, Derbyshire · 0.5 km

    Hayfield is a village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 2,700. The village is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of New Mills, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Glossop and 10 miles (16 km)…

  • Birch Vale · 1.3 km

    Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, between New Mills and Hayfield. Most of Birch Vale, including the attached hamlet of Thorn…

  • Birch Vale railway station · 1.4 km

    Birch Vale railway station served the village of Birch Vale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England from 1868 to 1970. It was the only intermediate passenger stop on the branch between New Mills Central and Hayfield.

  • Lantern Pike · 1.5 km

    Lantern Pike is a hill near Hayfield, in Derbyshire, England. The land lies within the Peak District National Park and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. It is permanently open to the public. According to…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hayfield?
Hayfield is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the High Peak local authority.
What is the population of Hayfield?
Hayfield has an approximate settlement population of 1,940.
How deprived is Hayfield?
The High Peak local authority, which includes Hayfield, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.