Tunstead
Tunstead is a town or village in Derbyshire, England, with the nearest railway station at Buxton, 4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tunstead area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the High Peak area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 90,933 residents at roughly 169 people per km².
- Council
- High Peak
- County
- Derbyshire
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Police force
- Derbyshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 40th of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.
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
7°CCloudy
- Today: 11° / 5° · 23% rain
- Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:35
9h 30m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
27US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Sheffield Devonshire Green, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
143 reported road collisions (2025)
50 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
21 food businesses within 2 miles
- 19 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Buxton (4.0 km)
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Buxton (4.0 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£265,635 average▲ 6.4% YoY
Across High Peak · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£937 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY
- 1 bed £625
- 2 bed £811
- 3 bed £991
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,307 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: 175.9p · ESSO (4.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (4.2 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
9 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Nestlé Waters UK LTD (2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Population
90,933 residents in High Peak · 169/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,394
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,237
- Net moves+157
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 167 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
£2,385 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,880)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
57 schools · 10,747 pupils
43 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other
Ofsted: 22 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)
54 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Glossopdale School and Sixth FormGood
- Hope Valley CollegeGood
- St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
- Buxton Community School
- Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
- New Mills School
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · High Peak
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
Planning decisions
78 applications decided
87.2% granted · 68 granted, 10 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 25
- Con 9
- LD 1
- Grn 2
- Ref 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
4,425 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised
e.g. Static Groundstaff - Tunstead
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£738 median full-time weekly pay
2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£25,328 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 · 40,311 certificates
12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men
56% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.9
- Feeling worthwhile8.3
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SK17
- Stewart Medical Centre
- Buxton Medical Practice
- Elmwood Medical Centre
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks419 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills419 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Ban on sale of disposable BBQs328 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND200 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Great Rocks Dale · 0.3 kmGreat Rocks Dale is a dry valley in the Derbyshire Peak District, known for its extensive quarrying.
Tunstead, Derbyshire · 1.2 kmTunstead is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated above Great Rocks Dale north of Buxton. It should not be confused with Tunstead Milton, which is roughly five miles to the north west. It is in the civil parish o…
Green Fairfield · 1.7 kmGreen Fairfield. is a civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 100. It is located in the Peak District, 4 miles east of Buxton and north of the parish of King Sterndale. Woo Dale lie…
Wye Valley, Derbyshire · 2.0 kmThe Wye Valley is the limestone valley of the River Wye in the White Peak of Derbyshire, England. The source of the River Wye is west of Buxton on Axe Edge Moor. One main channel runs underground through Poole's Caver…
Hargate Wall · 2.1 kmHargate Wall is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wormhill, in the High Peak district, in Derbyshire, England, situated northeast of Buxton.
Chee Dale Halt railway station · 2.2 kmChee Dale Halt railway station was a timber-built railway halt located on the Peak Forest Junction to Buxton Junction spur of a triangle of the former Midland Railway lines at Blackwell Mill. The halt was opened on 5…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tunstead?
- Tunstead is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the High Peak local authority.
- How deprived is Tunstead?
- The High Peak local authority, which includes Tunstead, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.