Shardlow

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 11° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:37

13h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Melbourne · Derbyshire

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

179 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 45 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Long Eaton (5.2 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£258,672 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£879 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £1,001

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

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 560 kW
• Nearest: Welcome Break Derby Eastbound Services (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Chair's Blog: July 2026· 24 Aug 2026
• Residents asked to not have garden fires following prolonged dry weather· 18 Aug 2026
• Power Supply Disruption at Etwall Leisure Centre· 12 Aug 2026
• Put your business on the move with advertising on Council vehicles· 11 Aug 2026
• 🏰 South Derbyshire Tenants Enjoy a Royally Deserved Day at Buckingham Palace Garden Party· 26 Jul 2026

Source: South Derbyshire Council

107,205 residents in South Derbyshire · 317/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 218 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,340 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (23% of 51,050)

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

58 schools · 14,656 pupils

42 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 22 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

92.4% granted · 121 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 11
• LD 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £16,080 avg

e.g. Car Delivery Driver, Bike Delivery Rider, Greggs Team Member

Source: Adzuna

£828 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,055 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,469 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 25% · Biomass 19% · Solar 15%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills870 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership385 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office372 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s331 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test301 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Shardlow · 0.2 km

  Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derb…

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  Derby South services · 0.6 km

  The Derby South services are two service stations run by Welcome Break on either side of the A50 road. The services are located in South Derbyshire, near the villages of Shardlow and Aston-on-Trent.

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  St James' Church, Shardlow · 0.7 km

  St James’ Church, Shardlow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shardlow, Derbyshire.

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  Shardlow Hall, Derbyshire · 0.7 km

  Shardlow Hall is a 17th-century former country house at Shardlow, Derbyshire now in use as commercial offices. It is a Grade II* listed building which is officially listed on the Buildings at Risk Register.

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  Shardlow Hall (school) · 0.7 km

  Shardlow Hall was a school in Shardlow, a village seven miles south of Derby in the English Midlands. It was founded by B.O.Corbett, who had played football for England, as a preparatory school for boys. One of its no…

• Shardlow and Great Wilne · 1.2 km

  Shardlow and Great Wilne is a civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,199.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)