Middleton (Derbyshire Dales)

20°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 15° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:26

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

158 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 222 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

119 food businesses within 2 miles

• 86 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Recreation Ground Halt (1.0 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,364 average▲ 11.7% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£810 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £751
• 3 bed £899

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (4.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (4.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Co-Op, Wirksworth (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds4

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 265 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

66 schools · 9,448 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

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

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Middleton-by-Wirksworth)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

113 applications decided

89.4% granted · 101 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% 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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Biomass 21% · Wind 16% · Imports 3%

253 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills1,407 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership406 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office294 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Middleton-by-Wirksworth · 0.2 km

  Middleton or Middleton-by-Wirksworth is an upland village and civil parish lying approximately one mile NNW of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. Middleton was, in 1086, a berewick of the town and manor of Wirksworth. M…

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  Middleton railway station (Derbyshire) · 1.0 km

  Middleton railway station was a railway station on the Cromford and High Peak Railway serving the village of Middleton-by-Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. It was located on the former line between High Peak Junction…

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  Slaley, Derbyshire · 1.4 km

  Slaley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bonsall, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The hamlet is located to the south of Bonsall and south-west of Matlock within the boundaries…

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  National Stone Centre · 1.4 km

  The National Stone Centre is a museum, an industrial heritage discovery centre and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, England.

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  Steeple Grange Light Railway · 1.5 km

  The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow-gauge heritage railway visitor attraction near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. Opened in 1985 on the trackbed of a disused branch line, it uses industrial locomotives an…

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  Steeple House railway station · 1.5 km

  Steeple House railway station was a railway station on the Cromford and High Peak Railway serving the market town of Wirksworth and village of Middleton-by-Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. It was located on the form…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)