Shardlow

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:27

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026▲ 125% YoY

• Vehicle crime2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Melbourne · Derbyshire

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

150 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
• 2 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

£259,537 average▲ 2% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£882 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £801
• 3 bed £1,006

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

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

1,785 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

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

16 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)

• Findern resident's heartfelt Remembrance display honours those who served· 4 Nov 2026
• Underage Test Purchasing Operation carried out by South Derbyshire District Council licensing department· 3 Nov 2026
• Ten more energy efficient homes ready for South Derbyshire residents· 3 Nov 2026
• Local Government Reorganisation: Latest Update· 29 Oct 2026
• Consultation opens on South Derbyshire’s Local Plan Part 2· 20 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,789
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,610
• Net moves+2,179

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 210 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Derbyshire

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

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

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

154 applications decided

91.6% granted · 141 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £18,543 avg

e.g. Moped Delivery Driver, Car Delivery Driver, Primary Teacher

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 32% · Gas 20% · Imports 4%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DE72

• Overdale Medical Practice
• Evans Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills875 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth255 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 143 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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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)