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Turnditch

Turnditch is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 301. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Shottle, 0.6 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, 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 Turnditch area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Amber Valley area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 126,206 residents at roughly 476 people per km².

Council
Amber Valley
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 87th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime58
Home affordability75
Affordable rents88
Good schools53
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation53
Employment68
Low council tax58

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

21°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 14° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Shottle (1.0 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Belper (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£237,857 average 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Detached£345,563
Semi-detached£224,295
Terraced£178,352
Flat£137,418

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Morrisons (5.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Jet (11 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: The Cock Inn (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,605
B £1,873
C £2,140
D £2,408
E £2,943
F £3,478
G £4,013
H £4,815

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Heanor Gate Spencer AcademyOutstanding
  • David Nieper AcademyGood
  • Swanwick Hall SchoolGood
  • The Ecclesbourne SchoolGood
  • The Ripley AcademyGood
  • Aldercar High School
  • Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
  • John Flamsteed Community School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • All Saints' Church, Turnditch · 0.1 km

    All Saints' Church, Turnditch is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Turnditch, Derbyshire.

  • Frederick Inglefield · 0.1 km

    Admiral Sir Frederick Samuel Inglefield, was a Royal Navy officer who served as Fourth Sea Lord, was appointed as a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and commanded auxiliary patrol forces in World War I…

  • Turnditch · 0.2 km

    Turnditch is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 301. It is around 10 miles (16 km) north of Derby on the A517 road…

  • Shottle railway station · 1.0 km

    Shottle railway station is a stop on the preserved Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, serving the small town of Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, England. It was originally a station on a former Midland Railway line, which branche…

  • Cross o' th' Hands · 1.1 km

    Cross o' th' Hands is a small area of settlement in Derbyshire, England, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Derby on the A517 road between Hulland and Turnditch.

  • Cowers Lane · 1.2 km

    Cowers Lane is a settlement in Derbyshire bordering Shottle, within the civil parish of Shottle and Postern, near Belper, Derbyshire England along the A517 road. In Norman times, Shottle Park was one of the seven park…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Turnditch?
Turnditch is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Amber Valley local authority.
What is the population of Turnditch?
Turnditch has an approximate settlement population of 301.
How deprived is Turnditch?
The Amber Valley local authority, which includes Turnditch, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.