Makeney

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:27

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US 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

26 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary3
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Kilburn · 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)

170 food businesses within 2 miles

• 144 rated 4–5 ★ (116 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Duffield (1.0 km)
• 11 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 (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: ROLLS_ROYCE DUFFIELD BANK 2 (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches28
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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

• In a conservation area (Belper and Milford)
• Within the Green Belt
• 109 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

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés8

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 34% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in DE56

• Whitemoor Medical Centre
• Appletree Medical Practice
• Riversdale Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills2,551 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks254 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND219 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth164 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 
  Holly Bush Inn, Makeney · 0.4 km

  The Holly Bush Inn is a Grade II listed public house at 2 Holly Bush Lane, Makeney, Derbyshire, DE56 0RX. It is a family run pub.

• Milford Hydro · 0.8 km

  Milford Hydro is the name given to a hydro-electric power plant built on the River Derwent in Milford, Derbyshire.

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  Milford, Derbyshire · 0.8 km

  Milford is a village in the civil parish of Belper, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is on the River Derwent, between Duffield and Belper on the A6 trunk road.

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  Duffield Castle, Derbyshire · 0.9 km

  Duffield Castle was a Norman castle in Duffield, Derbyshire. The site is a scheduled monument.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Milford · 1.0 km

  Holy Trinity Church, Milford is a former Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England situated in Milford, Derbyshire.

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  Milford Tunnel · 1.0 km

  Milford Tunnel is a double-track railway tunnel on the Midland Main Line in Derbyshire which runs under a hill called the Chevin between Duffield and Belper. It was built in 1840 by the Stephensons for the North Midla…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)