Bardon

18°CCloudy

• Today: 24° / 15° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:25

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Shoplifting2
• Bicycle theft1

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Bosworth, Ratby, Groby, Markfield and Stanton · Leicestershire

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

123 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

68 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£261,584 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£933 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £638
• 2 bed £843
• 3 bed £1,028

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

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (9.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Mobius Networks Ltd. (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

113,640 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth · 382/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 52,830)

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

57 schools · 19,387 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hinckley and Bosworth

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes163
• GP practices107
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

134 applications decided

85.8% granted · 115 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 9
• LD 23
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

24 jobs advertised · £35,029 avg

e.g. Supply Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Coalville, Shipping Container Unloader, Class 1 Tramper

Source: Adzuna

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,005 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,940 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Biomass 21% · Wind 16% · Imports 3%

253 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

12 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in LE67

• Ibstock & Barlestone Surgeries
• Markfield Medical Centre
• Whitwick Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office352 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership343 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s286 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills281 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test266 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bardon Park Chapel · 1.1 km

  Bardon Park Chapel is a 300-year-old Christian meeting house at Bardon, Leicestershire, England. It stands back from the A511 road, between Coalville and Markfield, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) west of M1 junction 22. At…

• Ellistown and Battleflat · 1.2 km

  Ellistown and Battleflat is a civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, just south of the town of Coalville. Most of the parish's population lives in the village of Ellistown in the western part of the paris…

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  St Peter's Church, Bardon · 1.4 km

  St Peter's Church is a church in Bardon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Bardon, Leicestershire · 1.5 km

  Bardon is a sparsely populated civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, situated about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Coalville. It gives its name to Bardon Hill, which at 912 feet (278 m) above sea level…

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  Billa Barra Hill · 1.6 km

  Billa Barra Hill is a 20.7 hectares Local Nature Reserve north of Stanton under Bardon in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.

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  Bardon Hill railway station · 1.7 km

  Bardon Hill railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which later became part of the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)