Newton Solney

7°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:28

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, 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

150 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Willington (3.2 km)
• 10 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: 140.9p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Rumenco LTD (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Findern resident's heartfelt Remembrance display honours those who served· 4 Nov 2026
• 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

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

• In a conservation area (Newton Solney)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

598 jobs advertised · £46,737 avg

e.g. Lead Gas Engineer, Medical Equipment Implementation Project Manager, Estimator

Source: Adzuna

£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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Biomass 32% · Gas 22% · Imports 4%

123 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DE15

• Bridge Surgery
• Stapenhill Medical Centre
• Winshill

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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  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Newton Solney · 0.2 km

  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Newton Solney is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Newton Solney, Derbyshire.

• Newton Solney · 0.2 km

  Newton Solney is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England, located about two miles (3 km) from the East Staffordshire border, near to Burton upon Trent. The population of the civil parish as of th…

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  River Dove, central England · 0.5 km

  The River Dove is the principal river of the southwestern Peak District, in the Midlands of England, and is around 45 miles (72 km) in length. It rises on Axe Edge Moor near Buxton and flows generally south to its con…

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  Bladon Castle · 1.2 km

  Bladon Castle is a folly, partly converted into a country house, located some 600 yards (550 m) southwest of the village of Newton Solney in South Derbyshire, 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Burton-on-Trent and close to…

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  Claymills Pumping Station · 1.8 km

  Claymills Pumping Station is a restored Victorian sewage pumping station on the north side of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England DE13 0DA. It was designed by James Mansergh and used to pump sewage to the sewage…

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  Monks Bridge, River Dove · 1.8 km

  Monks Bridge is a road bridge across the River Dove between Stretton, Staffordshire, and Egginton, Derbyshire. A bridge has existed here since the early 13th century, though much of the current structure dates to the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)