New Mills

5°CClear

• Today: 9° / 4° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:34

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

39 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: New Mills and Hayfield · Derbyshire

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

143 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

108 food businesses within 2 miles

• 93 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: New Mills Central (0.4 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£265,635 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across High Peak · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£937 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £625
• 2 bed £811
• 3 bed £991

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,307 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: 157.9p · Esso (1.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (1.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Furnessvale Marina (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

90,933 residents in High Peak · 169/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,394
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,237
• Net moves+157

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 167 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,385 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,880)

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

57 schools · 10,747 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 22 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · High Peak

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 (New Mills)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

78 applications decided

87.2% granted · 68 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jon Pearce

Labour

High Peak

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 25
• Con 9
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

31 jobs advertised · £36,960 avg

e.g. Mechanical Fitter, Shipping & Receiving Coordinator, Site Administrator

Source: Adzuna

£738 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,328 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,311 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 48% · Wind 28% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

40 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SK22

• Sett Valley Medical Centre
• Arden House Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks419 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills419 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs328 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND200 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Torrs Hydro · 0.2 km

  Torrs Hydro is a micro hydroelectric scheme, owned by the community, in New Mills, Derbyshire. It is on the River Goyt, immediately below its confluence with the River Sett at the Torr weir. A 2.4-metre diameter steel…

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  New Mills School · 0.2 km

  New Mills School is a comprehensive school in the town of New Mills, in the north west of Derbyshire.

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  Torr Vale Mill · 0.3 km

  Torr Vale Mill is a Grade II* listed former cotton mill located in New Mills, Derbyshire, England, on a small rocky outcrop at the bottom of the Torrs gorge in a bend of the River Goyt.

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  New Mills Town Hall · 0.3 km

  New Mills Town Hall is a municipal building on Spring Bank, New Mills, Derbyshire, England. Constructed of local gritstone, it was opened in 1871 as a public hall for the Mechanics Institute, and became a town hall in…

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  New Mills Central railway station · 0.4 km

  New Mills Central railway station serves the town of New Mills, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield, 12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) east of the former. The town…

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  New Mills F.C. · 0.5 km

  New Mills Football Club are an English football club based in New Mills, Derbyshire. They currently play in the North West Counties League Division One South.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)