New Houghton

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

32 reported · August 2026▲ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order4
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Pleasley · Derbyshire

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

139 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mansfield Woodhouse (4.0 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£183,198 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Bolsover · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£706 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £497
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £747

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

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,197 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: 155.9p · Esso (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Rufford Pub & Restaurant (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

80,273 residents in Bolsover · 501/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,573
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,781
• Net moves+792

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 52 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,559 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 38,920)

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

43 schools · 10,636 pupils

33 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolsover

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
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

71 applications decided

95.8% granted · 68 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Natalie Fleet

Labour

Bolsover

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 22
• Con 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£679 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,224 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,191 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

233 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

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

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NG19

• Oakwood Surgery
• Forest Medical
• Pleasley Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills804 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases205 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK186 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  New Houghton · 0.3 km

  New Houghton is a village in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) from both Bolsover and Mansfield.

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  Pleasley West railway station · 0.5 km

  Pleasley West was a railway station on the Doe Lea line in Pleasley, Derbyshire, England on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It opened in 1886 and closed to scheduled services in 1930, though it was serve…

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  Pleasley East railway station · 0.6 km

  Pleasley East is a former railway station in Pleasley, Derbyshire, England on the Nottinghamshire border near Mansfield.

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  Pleasley Colliery · 0.6 km

  Pleasley Colliery is a former coal mine in central England. It is located to the north-west of Pleasley village, which sits above the north bank of the River Meden on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. It lies 3 m…

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  Pleasley · 0.8 km

  Pleasley is a village and civil parish with parts in both Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It lies between Chesterfield and Mansfield, 5 miles (8 km) south east of Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and 2.5 miles (4 km) nor…

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  Stony Houghton · 1.4 km

  Stony Houghton is a hamlet near Glapwell, part of the parish of Pleasley in Derbyshire, England, close to New Houghton. It is a very quiet area consisting of only a few residential properties amidst farmland and farms…

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