Melbourne (South Derbyshire)

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:29

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

11 reported · August 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Melbourne · Derbyshire

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

150 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£259,537 average▲ 2% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£882 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £801
• 3 bed £1,006

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 (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,785 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: 154.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (7.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Melbourne Assembly Rooms Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Underage Test Purchasing Operation carried out by South Derbyshire District Council licensing department· 3 Nov 2026
• Ten more energy efficient homes ready for South Derbyshire residents· 3 Nov 2026
• Local Government Reorganisation: Latest Update· 29 Oct 2026
• Consultation opens on South Derbyshire’s Local Plan Part 2· 20 Oct 2026
• Brand new energy-efficient homes ready for South Derbyshire residents· 16 Oct 2026

Source: South Derbyshire Council

107,205 residents in South Derbyshire · 317/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,789
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,610
• Net moves+2,179

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 210 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,340 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (23% of 51,050)

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

58 schools · 14,656 pupils

42 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 22 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

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

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
• 132 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

154 applications decided

91.6% granted · 141 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 11
• LD 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£828 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,055 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,469 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Biomass 33% · Wind 25% · Imports 5%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DE73

• Melbourne & Chellaston Medical Practice
• Lister House Chellaston

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills875 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth255 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 143 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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  Melbourne, Derbyshire · 0.4 km

  Melbourne is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook, founder of the eponymous travel agency, and has a street named after him. It is 8 miles (13 km) south of Derby and…

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  Melbourne Castle · 0.5 km

  Melbourne Castle was a medieval castle in Melbourne, Derbyshire. It was built on the site of an earlier royal manor house that had provided accommodation for noblemen hunting in a nearby royal park in the reign of Kin…

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  St Michael with St Mary's Church, Melbourne · 0.6 km

  St Michael and St Mary's Church, Melbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Melbourne, Derbyshire.

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  Kings Newton · 0.7 km

  Kings Newton is a village in South Derbyshire. The population of the village is included in Melbourne. The Holy well (pictured) was constructed around 1660, but has been refurbished at the end of the twentieth century.

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  Melbourne Hall · 0.7 km

  Melbourne Hall is a Georgian country house in Melbourne, Derbyshire, previously owned by the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841. The house is now owned by the 14th Marquess of Lothian and…

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  Melbourne railway station (United Kingdom) · 0.9 km

  Melbourne railway station was a station at Kings Newton that served the adjacent town of Melbourne, Derbyshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)