Whitwell (Bolsover)

21°CSunny

• Today: 24° / 15° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

35 reported · July 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Public order3
• Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: Whitwell · Derbyshire

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

142 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

77 food businesses within 2 miles

• 65 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whitwell (0.6 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£188,025 average▲ 6.6% YoY

Across Bolsover · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£710 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £500
• 2 bed £648
• 3 bed £751

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (10.1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Clowne (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

80,273 residents in Bolsover · 501/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 58 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,559 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 38,920)

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

43 schools · 10,888 pupils

33 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolsover

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Natalie Fleet

Labour

Bolsover

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 22
• Con 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 12

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£679 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,224 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,191 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 16% · Imports 7%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills799 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office404 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership376 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance339 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Whitwell, Derbyshire · 0.3 km

  Whitwell is a village in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England, which lies close to the border with Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2021 Census was 3,721.

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  Bakestone Moor · 0.4 km

  Bakestone Moor is an area of settlement in the Bolsover district, in Derbyshire, England. It is located on the west side of Whitwell.

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  St Lawrence's Church, Whitwell · 0.5 km

  St Lawrence's Church, Whitwell is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Whitwell, Derbyshire.

• Whitwell Old Hall · 0.5 km

  Whitwell Old Hall is an early 17th-century manor house at Whitwell, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Whitwell railway station · 0.6 km

  Whitwell railway station serves the village of Whitwell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line 4¾ miles (7 km) south west of Worksop towards Nottingham.

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  Hodthorpe and Belph · 1.4 km

  Hodthorpe and Belph is a civil parish within the Bolsover district, of the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish includes the village of Hodthorpe and the hamlet of Belph. In 2011 the parish had a population of 66…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)