Somercotes and Swanwick

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 10° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

48 reported · July 2026▼ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Other theft4
• Public order4

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Somercotes and Riddings · Derbyshire

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

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)

331 food businesses within 2 miles

• 271 rated 4–5 ★ (232 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Butterley (1.5 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£237,857 average▲ 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (0.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: BP Swanwick (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Linsey Farnsworth

Labour

Amber Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Biomass 16% · Gas 12% · Solar 10%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Amber Valley:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills3,915 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance370 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office355 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s282 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Swanwick, Derbyshire · 0.3 km

  Swanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, also a parish within the Amber Valley district, with a population of 5,316 at the 2001 census, falling to 5,084 at the 2011 Census. It has a number of shops, pubs and othe…

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  Leabrooks, Derbyshire · 0.9 km

  Leabrooks is a small urban locality in Derbyshire that merges with the village of Somercotes and the locality of Greenhill Lane. It is named after a stream, the Lee Brook, which formerly ran through it after rising on…

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  Hayes Conference Centre · 0.9 km

  The Hayes Conference Centre is a group of buildings in Swanwick, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, which are used for conferences and other functions.

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  Indietracks · 1.5 km

  Indietracks was an annual indie pop music festival at the Midland Railway in Butterley, Derbyshire, England. The main site was located at Swanwick Junction. Bands played in variety of locations, including a restored c…

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  Midland Railway – Butterley · 1.5 km

  The Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway and museum complex at Butterley, near Ripley, in Derbyshire, England.

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  Butterley Reservoir, Derbyshire · 1.5 km

  Butterley Reservoir is a reservoir in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir was built to provide water for the Cromford Canal which opened for use in 1794. The Codnor Park and Butterley Park reservoirs also provided wate…

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