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Ridgeway

Ridgeway is a town or village in Derbyshire, England. It has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and the nearest railway station is Woodhouse, 4.9 km away. There were around 19 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 Ridgeway area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Derbyshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 101,999 residents at roughly 370 people per km².

Council
North East Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 116th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability69
Affordable rents85
Good schools3
Life expectancy33
Low deprivation53
Employment82
Low council tax41

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 62% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:30

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Devonshire Green, 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

9 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Eckington · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Speeding on High Lane, Ridgeway & Main Road, Renishaw. 2. ASB – Market Street, Eckington 3. Drug dealing – Birkhill Estate, Eckington…

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

Road safety

158 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

192 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 165 rated 4–5 ★ (133 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Woodhouse (4.9 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Woodhouse (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£253,012 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Detached£343,161
Semi-detached£229,718
Terraced£181,900
Flat£125,327

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£791 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £569
  • 2 bed £723
  • 3 bed £878

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

1,368 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 · BP (5.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (5.2 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

47 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Mosborough Hall Hotel (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,852
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,194
  • Net moves+1,658

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,644
B £1,918
C £2,193
D £2,467
E £3,015
F £3,563
G £4,111
H £4,933

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

Schools

51 schools · 12,891 pupils

46 primary · 3 secondary · 2 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolGood
  • Tupton Hall SchoolGood
  • Eckington SchoolInadequate

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

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 (Moss Valley)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

119 applications decided

87.4% granted · 104 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

42 jobs advertised · £26,096 avg

e.g. Behaviour & Attendance Administrator – Play a Key Role in a Successful Sheffield Academy, Catering Assistant, Admissions Officer – Sheffield | High-Performing Secondary School

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

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

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in S12

  • Stonecroft Medical Centre
  • Birley Health Centre
  • Charnock Health Primary Care Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The Old Vicarage, Derbyshire · 0.3 km

    The Old Vicarage is a restaurant located in Ridgeway, near Sheffield. The restaurant held one star in the Michelin Guide from 1998 to 2015. The head chef is TV chef Tessa Bramley.

  • Ridgeway, Derbyshire · 0.4 km

    Ridgeway is a village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire in the English county of Derbyshire.

  • Ford, Derbyshire · 0.4 km

    Ford is a hamlet in North East Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire in England.

  • Litfield Farm · 0.7 km

    Litfield Farm is a farm in Ridgeway, Derbyshire. The farm was once regarded as being located in a hamlet east of Ridgeway known as Litfield, but is now part of the larger settlement. The farmhouse is a 17th-century Gr…

  • Highlane, Derbyshire · 0.9 km

    Highlane, or High Lane is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eckington, in the North East Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.

  • Birley Hay · 1.0 km

    Birley Hay is a hamlet in North East Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ridgeway?
Ridgeway is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the North East Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Ridgeway?
The North East Derbyshire local authority, which includes Ridgeway, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.