Pilsley and Lower Pilsley

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: North Wingfield, Pilsley, Stonebroom and Shirland · Derbyshire

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

157 reported road collisions (2024)

59 killed or seriously injured · 221 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

71 food businesses within 2 miles

• 67 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alfreton (6.1 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£250,387 average▲ 10.6% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£787 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £566
• 2 bed £718
• 3 bed £873

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (9.2 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Whitton Lodge (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,999 residents in North East Derbyshire · 370/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 177 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 49,100)

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

51 schools · 12,891 pupils

46 primary · 3 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North East Derbyshire

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Natalie Fleet

Labour

Bolsover

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 26
• Con 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 5
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £40,000 avg

e.g. Become a Chemistry Tutor in Lower Pilsley – Flexible & Remote, Compliance Supervisor, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Lower Pilsley – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£741 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,905 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 · 49,377 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Biomass 16% · Gas 12% · Solar 10%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills799 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office404 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership376 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance339 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Pilsley, North East Derbyshire · 0.3 km

  Pilsley is a village and civil parish in the district of North East Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire, England, near the town of Chesterfield. At the 2011 Census the population was 3,487.

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  Pilsley railway station · 0.3 km

  Pilsley railway station is a disused station which served the village of Pilsley in Derbyshire, England. It was on the Great Central Main Line.

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  Hardstoft · 1.5 km

  Hardstoft is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located four miles east of Clay Cross, on the B6039 road.

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  Tibshelf · 1.8 km

  Tibshelf is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District in Derbyshire, England. It lies between the towns of Clay Cross, Shirebrook, Mansfield and Chesterfield and had a population of 4,348 at the 2021 Census.…

• Tibshelf Community School · 1.9 km

  Tibshelf Community School is a mixed secondary school located in Tibshelf in the English county of Derbyshire.

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  Tibshelf Town railway station · 2.1 km

  Tibshelf Town railway station is a disused station on the former Great Central Main Line in the village of Tibshelf in Derbyshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)