Wirksworth

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:29

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

28 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order3

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wirksworth and Middleton · Derbyshire

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

170 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

61 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wirksworth (0.3 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,776 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£819 average monthly rent▲ 9% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £760
• 3 bed £909

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

977 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 (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (6.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Market Place Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,567
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,855
• Net moves+712

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

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

65 schools · 9,194 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derbyshire Dales

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 (Wirksworth)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 104 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

84.7% granted · 116 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

John Whitby

Labour

Derbyshire Dales

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 9
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £24,331 avg

e.g. Registered Veterinary Nurse (Part-Time) - FTC, Trainee Driving Instructor - Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,486 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 35,810 certificates

13.8% 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: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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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  Wirksworth · 0.1 km

  Wirksworth is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population was 4,902 in the 2021 census. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was…

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  Wirksworth Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Wirksworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Wirksworth Urban District Council, now accommodates the local public library.

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  St Mary's Church, Wirksworth · 0.1 km

  St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The existing building dates mostly from the 13th–15th centuries, but notable survivals from th…

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  Moot Hall, Wirksworth · 0.2 km

  The Moot Hall is a judicial building in Chapel Lane in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The building, which is used as the meeting place of the barmote court, a body formed to regulate the local lead mining industry,…

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  Wirksworth railway station · 0.3 km

  Wirksworth railway station is a stop on the heritage Ecclesbourne Valley Railway that serves the town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. It was the former terminus of the Midland Railway's Wirksworth branch line, l…

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  Ecclesbourne Valley Railway · 0.3 km

  The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a 9-mile (14.5 km) long heritage railway based at Wirksworth station in Derbyshire, England. It operates passenger services between Duffield and Wirksworth, with occasional services…

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