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Heath

Heath is a town or village in Derbyshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 20 bus stops, and the nearest railway station at Chesterfield, 7.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 16 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 Heath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Derbyshire area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 101,999 residents at roughly 370 people per km².

Council
North East Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover
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 expectancy37
Low deprivation56
Employment78
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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

13 reported · July 2026 61% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Other theft2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Holmewood, Grassmoor, Calow and Arkwright · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Vehicle related crime key locations: Grassmoor. 2. Dwelling Burglary,key locations: Grassmoor. 3. ASB (Nuisance youths) hotspots inclu…

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

Road safety

157 reported road collisions (2024)

59 killed or seriously injured · 221 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

36 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 30 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chesterfield (7.2 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chesterfield (7.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£250,387 average 10.6% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Detached£341,724
Semi-detached£226,715
Terraced£178,769
Flat£122,710

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£787 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £566
  • 2 bed £718
  • 3 bed £873

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (10 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Middle Street Car Park, Bolsover (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • 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)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 177 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

£2,467 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%)

49inspected 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

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

  • In a conservation area (Heath Village)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Natalie Fleet

Labour

Bolsover

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • Con 14
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £34,367 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Work from Home (Researcher), Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Solar 19% · Gas 11% · Biomass 10%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Heath, Derbyshire · 0.2 km

    Heath is a village in the North East Derbyshire district of the English county of Derbyshire. The civil parish is called Heath and Holmewood. The population of this parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,953.

  • Heath railway station · 1.5 km

    Heath railway station was a railway station in the village of Holmewood, Derbyshire. The station name of Heath was named after the neighbouring village of Heath although the station was in Holmewood instead.

  • Sutton Scarsdale · 1.5 km

    Sutton Scarsdale is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway. It is in the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton.

  • Doe Lea · 1.6 km

    Doe Lea is a small, linear village in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the Bolsover district of the county and falls in the Ault Hucknall civil parish. The village runs along the old A617 road. A newer dual…

  • Sutton Scarsdale Hall · 1.8 km

    Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian ruined stately home in Sutton Scarsdale, just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

  • Stainsby, Derbyshire · 1.8 km

    Stainsby is a small village in Derbyshire, England. It is near Chesterfield and Bolsover, and the villages of Heath and Doe Lea. The village population is included in the civil parish of Ault Hucknall. The M1 motorway…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Heath?
Heath is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the North East Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Heath?
The North East Derbyshire local authority, which includes Heath, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.