Horsley (Amber Valley)

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:31

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 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

28 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary4
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Shipley, Smalley, Mapperley, Horsley and Horlsey Woodhouse · Derbyshire

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

196 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 60 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Duffield (3.3 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£232,141 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£799 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £741
• 3 bed £914

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

6.5× house price to earnings

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

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,912 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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: ROLLS_ROYCE DUFFIELD BANK 2 (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,039
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,050
• Net moves+1,989

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 161 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 61,280)

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

72 schools · 18,391 pupils

56 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Amber Valley

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

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

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

144 applications decided

98.6% granted · 142 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Linsey Farnsworth

Labour

Amber Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 7
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 6

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,016 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,703 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 30% · Biomass 18% · Solar 5%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

5 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in DE21

• Derwent Valley Medical Practice
• The Park Medical Practice
• Chapel Street Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Amber Valley:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills3,919 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND191 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth177 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK162 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months138 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide

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

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  Horsley, Derbyshire · 0.3 km

  Horsley is a small village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, roughly 5 miles north of the City of Derby, England, with a population of 973 at the 2011 Census.

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  St Clement's Church, Horsley · 0.3 km

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

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  Coxbench railway station · 1.2 km

  The Coxbench railway station was a railway station which served the village of Coxbench in Derbyshire, England. It was opened by the Midland Railway in 1856 on its Ripley branch from Little Eaton Junction to Ripley.

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  Coxbench Hall · 1.2 km

  Coxbench Hall is a late 18th-century country house, now in use as a residential home for the elderly, situated at Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Horston Castle · 1.3 km

  Horston Castle is about 1 mile to the south of the village of Horsley, some 5 miles north of the English city of Derby. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument but, as of 2018, is on Historic England's Heritage at Ri…

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  Kilburn, Derbyshire · 1.3 km

  Kilburn is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, known as Kilbourne until around 100 years ago. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,618.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)