Whatstandwell

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:27

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

10 reported · August 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Alfreton Rural · Derbyshire

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

196 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

35 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whatstandwell (0.1 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£232,141 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£799 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £741
• 3 bed £914

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 (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,912 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: 157.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (6.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Crich (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,039
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,050
• Net moves+1,989

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 161 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

72 schools · 18,391 pupils

56 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Whatstandwell)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

144 applications decided

98.6% granted · 142 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

John Whitby

Labour

Derbyshire Dales

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 & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 26% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in DE4

• Credas Medical
• Hannage Brook Medical Centre
• Crich Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Derbyshire Dales:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills1,414 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs299 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects205 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately193 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Whatstandwell · 0.1 km

  Whatstandwell is a village on the River Derwent in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is about five miles south of Matlock and about four miles north of Belper. Whatstandwell railway station is on th…

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  Whatstandwell railway station · 0.1 km

  Whatstandwell railway station serves the villages of Whatstandwell and Crich Carr in Derbyshire, England. It is a stop on the Derwent Valley line, which runs between Derby and Matlock. The station is owned by Network…

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  Derwent Valley line · 0.1 km

  The Derwent Valley line is a railway line between Derby and Matlock in Derbyshire, England. It follows the Midland Main Line as far as Ambergate Junction, just south of Ambergate; it continues to Matlock, following th…

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  Coddington, Derbyshire · 0.9 km

  Coddington is a hamlet in the civil parish of Crich, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is located ½ mile west of the village of Crich. According to the 1891 edition of Kelly's Directory there wer…

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  Chase Cliffe · 1.0 km

  Chase Cliffe is a building situated between the villages of Whatstandwell and Crich in Derbyshire. The house was built in 1859 by the three sisters of then deceased Francis Hurt.

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  Alderwasley Hall School · 1.2 km

  Alderwasley Hall School is a private residential special school. The school is for children and young people aged 5 to 20 with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder, Asperger syndrome, pathological demand avoidanc…

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