Barrow upon Soar

18°CCloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

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

194 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 236 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

125 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (90 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barrow-upon-Soar (0.3 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,865 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £845
• 3 bed £1,027

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

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (8.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: King Street Car Park (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 244 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 79,560)

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

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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
• 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Jeevun Sandher

Labour

Loughborough

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £34,507 avg

e.g. Maintenance Electrical Reliability Technician -Mars Petcare, Become a Drums Tutor in Barrow upon Soar – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£761 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,535 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 · 82,396 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Biomass 21% · Wind 17% · Imports 3%

250 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

14 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in LE12

• Quorn Medical Centre
• Barrow Health Centre
• Forest House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Loughborough:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills328 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office288 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s272 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership222 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar · 0.3 km

  Holy Trinity Church is a church in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Barrow-upon-Soar railway station · 0.3 km

  Barrow-upon-Soar railway station serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough, 108 miles 52 chains (174.9…

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  Barrow upon Soar · 0.4 km

  Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856.

• Barrow upon Soar Rural District · 0.5 km

  The rural district of Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire, England, existed from 1894 to 1974.

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  Barrow upon Soar rail crash · 0.5 km

  The Barrow upon Soar rail crash occurred on 1 February 2008, some 490 yards (450 m) north of Barrow-upon-Soar railway station, in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire. A train collided with debris from a collapsed footbri…

• Humphrey Perkins School · 0.7 km

  The Humphrey Perkins School is a secondary school with academy status which was founded in 1717 in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)