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Pye Bridge

Pye Bridge is a town or village in Derbyshire, England, with one GP surgery and clinic, around 7 restaurants and cafés, 11 bus stops, and the nearest railway station being Swanwick Junction, 2.5 km away. There were around 84 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 Pye Bridge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Amber Valley area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 126,206 residents at roughly 476 people per km².

Council
Amber Valley
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 87th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime58
Home affordability75
Affordable rents88
Good schools53
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation53
Employment68
Low council tax58

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

77 reported · July 2026 35% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences42
  • Anti-social behaviour19
  • Public order5
  • Criminal damage & arson4

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Somercotes and Riddings · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Nuisance motorbikes on Riddings Park, Riddings 2. Nuisance vehicles on Nottingham Road, Somercotes 3. Tackling drug related ASB around…

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

Road safety

168 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

181 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 143 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Swanwick Junction (2.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Alfreton (3.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£237,857 average 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Detached£345,563
Semi-detached£224,295
Terraced£178,352
Flat£137,418

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£794 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £580
  • 2 bed £737
  • 3 bed £908

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

Affordability

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

25 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: MMD Mineral Sizing (Europe) LTD (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 167 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 61,280)

A £1,605
B £1,873
C £2,140
D £2,408
E £2,943
F £3,478
G £4,013
H £4,815

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

Schools

73 schools · 18,472 pupils

57 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Heanor Gate Spencer AcademyOutstanding
  • David Nieper AcademyGood
  • Swanwick Hall SchoolGood
  • The Ecclesbourne SchoolGood
  • The Ripley AcademyGood
  • Aldercar High School
  • Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
  • John Flamsteed Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Amber Valley

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Linsey Farnsworth

Labour

Amber Valley

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 19
  • Con 7
  • LD 1
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,016 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,703 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 18% · Biomass 17% · Solar 11%

90 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Amber Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Pye Bridge railway station · 0.2 km

    Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England from 1851 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

  • Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station · 0.3 km

    Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension on the branch between Kimberley and Pinxton. It served the villages of Pye Hill and Somercotes.

  • Pye Hill · 1.0 km

    Pye Hill is a hamlet in the Erewash Valley, Nottinghamshire, England. The B600 road runs east–west through it. It was once served by the Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station.

  • Ironville · 1.1 km

    Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings…

  • Christ Church, Ironville · 1.1 km

    Christ Church, Ironville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ironville, Derbyshire.

  • Upper Birchwood · 1.2 km

    Upper Birchwood is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Pinxton.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Pye Bridge?
Pye Bridge is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Amber Valley local authority.
How deprived is Pye Bridge?
The Amber Valley local authority, which includes Pye Bridge, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.