Blackfordby

17°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

53 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Forest · Leicestershire

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

120 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

160 food businesses within 2 miles

• 132 rated 4–5 ★ (110 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Discovery Station (2.7 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,239 average▲ 6.5% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£910 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £631
• 2 bed £816
• 3 bed £987

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 140.9p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Forest Holidays-Moira Support Centre (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

104,704 residents in North West Leicestershire · 375/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 216 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 49,150)

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

55 schools · 14,327 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North West Leicestershire

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

134 applications decided

94% granted · 126 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 5
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens49
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Online French Tutor - Part Time, Online French Tutoring Job in Blackfordby – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,194 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 · 54,300 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Biomass 34% · Imports 6% · Wind 4%

249 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 1,163 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills505 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership463 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office433 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s326 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Blackfordby · 0.2 km

  Blackfordby is a village in the civil parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the northwesternmost corner of Leicestershire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northwest of…

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  Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a church in Blackfordby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Woodville railway station (England) · 1.3 km

  Woodville railway station is a former railway station on the Swadlincote Loop Line which served the village of Woodville in Derbyshire, England.

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  Ashby Woulds · 1.6 km

  Ashby Woulds is a civil parish with a town council in Leicestershire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 3,763. It is in the North West Leicestershire district, to the west of Ashby de la Zouch. The main s…

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  Woodville, Derbyshire · 1.6 km

  Woodville is a large suburban village and civil parish that crosses two districts - South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of S…

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  St Stephen's Church, Woodville · 1.7 km

  St Stephen's Church, Woodville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Woodville, Derbyshire.

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