Markham Vale

16°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Drugs3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Hollingwood, Inkersall and Duckmanton · Derbyshire

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

133 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

130 food businesses within 2 miles

• 112 rated 4–5 ★ (97 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Roundhouse Halt (5.0 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£199,439 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Chesterfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £538
• 2 bed £692
• 3 bed £827

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (11.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Instavolt [Enterprise Way] (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

103,569 residents in Chesterfield · 1,568/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 86 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,339 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 51,340)

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

52 schools · 15,624 pupils

36 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 20 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chesterfield

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

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

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

100 applications decided

90% granted · 90 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Toby Perkins

Labour

Chesterfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 27
• LD 11
• Ref 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£718 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,094 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 31% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

102 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80 yrs women · 77 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chesterfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills495 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership357 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office281 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test259 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Duckmanton · 0.1 km

  Duckmanton is a village within the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton, in North East Derbyshire, between Bolsover and Chesterfield. Duckmanton is a long scattered village, running north and south, usually designate…

• Markham Colliery disaster · 0.2 km

  Mining accidents at the Markham Colliery at Staveley near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

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  Sutton cum Duckmanton · 0.8 km

  Sutton cum Duckmanton is a civil parish in Derbyshire, England, between Bolsover and Chesterfield in the district of North East Derbyshire.

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  Long Duckmanton · 1.1 km

  Long Duckmanton is a village in the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton between Bolsover and Chesterfield, in North East Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 km west of Bolsover and about 18 km south-east of the cit…

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  Bolsover Castle railway station · 1.7 km

  Bolsover Castle was one of two former railway stations that served the town of Bolsover, in Derbyshire, England, between 1890 and 1981. It was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill to Pleasley Wes…

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  Poolsbrook · 1.9 km

  Poolsbrook is a former mining village near Staveley in Chesterfield, England. The village was built by Staveley Coal and Iron Company towards the end of the 19th century to provide housing for workers employed at the…

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