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Quarndon

Quarndon is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 933. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 2 restaurants and cafés, along with 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Duffield, 2.7 km away. There were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Quarndon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Amber Valley area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 126,206 residents at roughly 476 people per km².

Council
Amber Valley
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
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 rents87
Good schools53
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation54
Employment69
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

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:28

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

16 reported · August 2026▲ 167% YoY

  • Shoplifting5
  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Public order3
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Quarndon and Kirk Langley · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Anti-Social Behaviour on Parks Estate, Belper 2. Speeding on Town Street, Duffield 3. Anti-Social Behaviour on King Street, Belper

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

Road safety

196 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

122 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Duffield (2.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Duffield (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£232,141 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-08

Detached£335,368
Semi-detached£219,702
Terraced£174,717
Flat£135,362

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£799 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

  • 1 bed £584
  • 2 bed £741
  • 3 bed £914

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

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

Property sales

1,912 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

56 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: 416 Duffield Road (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,039
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,050
  • Net moves+1,989

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 161 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

72 schools · 18,391 pupils

56 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

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

69 inspected 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

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 (Quarndon)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

144 applications decided

98.6% granted · 142 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

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

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £26,890 avg

e.g. Gardener, Band 6 Community EIT Clinical Worker, Financial Controller

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 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

Health services

11 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in DE22

  • South Derbyshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
  • Park Lane Surgery
  • Park Farm Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Quarndon · 0.1 km

    Quarndon is a linear village in the south of the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is spread along four minor upland roads, approximately 1 mile north of the Derby suburb of Allestree, two of which lead…

  • St Paul's Church, Quarndon · 0.1 km

    St Paul's Church, Quarndon is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Quarndon, Derbyshire.

  • Allestree Hall · 1.1 km

    Allestree Hall is a 19th-century former country house situated in Allestree Park, Allestree, Derby. It is a Grade II* listed building but has been unoccupied for many years, and has been placed on the Heritage at Risk…

  • Allestree Woodlands School · 1.4 km

    Allestree Woodlands School is a coeducational academy secondary school and sixth form in Derby, England.

  • Burley Hill · 1.5 km

    Burley Hill is a hamlet in the Erewash district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located one mile north of Allestree. Burley Hill was the location of a pottery in the 13th and 14th centuries and some of th…

  • Allestree · 1.9 km

    Allestree is a suburb and ward of the city of Derby, a unitary authority area, in Derbyshire, England. It is the northernmost ward and is on the A6 road, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Derby city centre. It is bordered…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Quarndon?
Quarndon is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Amber Valley local authority.
What is the population of Quarndon?
Quarndon has an approximate settlement population of 933.
How deprived is Quarndon?
The Amber Valley local authority, which includes Quarndon, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.