Moira

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 11° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 91% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order2
• Shoplifting2

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)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Waterside Station (0.6 km)
• 14 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 (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (10.7 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 (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds10

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
• 5 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)

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £20,461 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Moira – Flexible Schedule, Become a Primary school Tutor in Moira – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 18% · Solar 18% · Biomass 10%

84 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Moira, Leicestershire · 0.1 km

  Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with…

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  Moira railway station (England) · 0.3 km

  Moira railway station was a railway station at Moira, Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

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  Moira Furnace · 0.4 km

  Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by Nor…

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  Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail · 0.8 km

  The Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail is a footpath and cycleway along what was formerly the Ashby and Nuneaton railway line between Spring Cottage and Measham, Leicestershire, England, a distance of some 6 km (3.7 mi). The…

• Overseal and Moira railway station · 1.2 km

  Overseal and Moira railway station served the village of Overseal, Derbyshire, England, from 1873 to 1890 on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway.

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  Ashby Woulds · 1.3 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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