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Parwich

Parwich is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 472. There are 2 bus stops and there were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Parwich area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Derbyshire Dales area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 71,541 residents at roughly 90 people per km².

Council
Derbyshire Dales
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 29th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime90
Home affordability41
Affordable rents83
Good schools25
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation72
Employment98
Low council tax49

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

5°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 9° / 5° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:34

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026

  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Tissington and Carsington · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • Due to continued no substantial policing priorities identified in this area - safer neighbourhood team will prioritise speeding enforceme…

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

Road safety

170 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Matlock Bath (11.6 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£341,776 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-08

Detached£473,168
Semi-detached£310,698
Terraced£262,858
Flat£183,358

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£819 average monthly rent▲ 9% YoY

  • 1 bed £593
  • 2 bed £760
  • 3 bed £909

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

977 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

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Hoe Grange Holidays (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,567
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,855
  • Net moves+712

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

A £1,630
B £1,901
C £2,173
D £2,445
E £2,988
F £3,531
G £4,075
H £4,889

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

Schools

65 schools · 9,194 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Lady Manners SchoolGood
  • Anthony Gell School
  • Highfields School
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Parwich)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

137 applications decided

84.7% granted · 116 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

John Whitby

Labour

Derbyshire Dales

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

  • Lab 6
  • Con 9
  • LD 12
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Biomass 27% · Gas 26% · Imports 3%

135 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in DE6

  • Ashbourne Medical Practice
  • Henmore Health - Brailsford Surgery
  • Henmore Health - Ashbourne Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Peter's Church, Parwich · 0.1 km

    St Peter’s Church, Parwich is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Parwich, Derbyshire.

  • Parwich · 0.2 km

    Parwich is a village and parish in the Derbyshire Dales, 7 miles north of Ashbourne. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 472.

  • Parwich Hall · 0.3 km

    Parwich Hall is a privately owned 18th-century mansion house at Parwich, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Ballidon Dale · 0.5 km

    Ballidon Dale is a steep-sided, dry carboniferous limestone valley near Parwich in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The ancient hamlet of Ballidon lies at the southern foot of the dale. Ballidon Quarry and Hoe…

  • All Saints Church, Ballidon · 1.6 km

    All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church located to the south of the village of Ballidon, Derbyshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,…

  • Ballidon · 1.6 km

    Ballidon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 79. The population at…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Parwich?
Parwich is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Derbyshire Dales local authority.
What is the population of Parwich?
Parwich has an approximate settlement population of 472.
How deprived is Parwich?
The Derbyshire Dales local authority, which includes Parwich, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.