Bottesford

9°CClear

• Today: 12° / 6° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:27

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

12 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Melton Rural North · Leicestershire

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

67 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 90 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 26 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bottesford (0.5 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,469 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Melton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £557
• 2 bed £731
• 3 bed £899

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

852 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: 155.9p · Esso (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lincolnshire Co-op Long Bennington (6.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

51,752 residents in Melton · 108/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,559
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,624
• Net moves+935

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 198 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 25,100)

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

33 schools · 7,475 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 10 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Melton

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes165
• GP practices107
• Dentists134
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

87 applications decided

79.3% granted · 69 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Edward Argar

Conservative

Melton and Syston

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 11
• LD 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £44,933 avg

e.g. Mechanical Engineer Vehicle Inspector, Class 1 Trunking Nights, Salaried GP

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,529 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 25,486 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 39% · Wind 26% · Gas 21% · Imports 8%

128 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NG13

• The Welby Practice
• East Bridgford Med Centre
• Hmp Whatton

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melton and Syston:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills248 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth213 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND157 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks143 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford · 0.2 km

  St Mary the Virgin's Church is in the village of Bottesford, Leicestershire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Framland, the archdeaconry of Leicester and the diocese of Leicester. Its…

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  Bottesford, Leicestershire · 0.4 km

  Bottesford is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Melton, Leicestershire, England, close to the boundaries with Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

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  Bottesford railway station · 0.5 km

  Bottesford railway station serves the village of Bottesford in Leicestershire, England. The station is 15 miles east of Nottingham, on the lines to Grantham and Skegness. It is the least used station in Leicestershire.

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  The Priory Belvoir Academy · 0.7 km

  The Priory Belvoir Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Bottesford in the English county of Leicestershire. The school previously also operated Melton Vale Post 16 Centre in Melton Mowbray. It was founded in…

• Bottesford South railway station · 0.9 km

  Bottesford South railway station was a railway station serving the village of Bottesford, Leicestershire, on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 and was served by LNWR trai…

• Belvoir Rural District · 1.3 km

  Belvoir was a rural district in Leicestershire, England from 1894 to 1935.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)