Kirk Ireton

8°CMist

• Today: 14° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:39

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

60US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

170 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Idridgehay (2.6 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,776 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£819 average monthly rent▲ 9% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £760
• 3 bed £909

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

977 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: 157.9p · Esso (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Market Place Car Park (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,567
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,855
• Net moves+712

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

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

65 schools · 9,194 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Kirk Ireton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

84.7% granted · 116 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

John Whitby

Labour

Derbyshire Dales

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 9
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,486 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 35,810 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Gas 36% · Wind 9% · Nuclear 7%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in DE6

• Ashbourne Medical Practice
• Henmore Health - Brailsford Surgery
• Henmore Health - Ashbourne Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills1,414 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs299 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects205 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately193 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton · 0.2 km

  Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire.

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  Kirk Ireton · 0.8 km

  Kirk Ireton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Wirksworth on a hillside near Carsington Water, 700 feet (210 m) above sea level. The population at the 2011 Census was 5…

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  Biggin by Hulland · 1.8 km

  Biggin is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, near Hulland and just off the A517 road. In the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 120.

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  Sheep Hills, Derbyshire · 2.0 km

  Sheep Hills is a place near Biggin in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. It is mainly a rural area, its geographical context is described as farm, grassland and woodland.

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  Callow, Derbyshire · 2.0 km

  Callow is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are included in the civil…

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  Carsington Water · 2.2 km

  Carsington Water is a reservoir, operated by Severn Trent Water, between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir takes water from the River Derwent at Ambergate during winter months, pumping up t…

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