Normanton on Soar

22°CSunny

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▲ 114% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Shepshed Loughborough West · Leicestershire

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

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)

98 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Loughborough (3.5 km)
• 2 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: 159.7p · Asda (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (11.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 560 kW
• Nearest: Station Road (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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
• 12 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

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

44 jobs advertised · £31,000 avg

e.g. Mining Training and Development Facilitator, Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Become a Psychology Tutor in Normanton on Soar – Flexible & Remote

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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills551 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership322 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office305 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  St James' Church, Normanton · 0.1 km

  The Church of St. James is a parish church in the village of Normanton on Soar, Nottinghamshire. The Church was designated as a Grade I listed building on 13 October 1966, for being "of exceptional interest".

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  Hathern railway station · 1.1 km

  Hathern railway station was a station serving the village of Hathern in Leicestershire, England.

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  Zouch · 1.2 km

  Zouch is a hamlet in south west Nottinghamshire, England. It is located between Hathern and Normanton on Soar and is situated by the River Soar, which marks the county boundary with Leicestershire.

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  Bishop's Meadow · 1.5 km

  Bishop's Meadow is a 21.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Loughborough in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Charnwood Borough Council.

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  Hathern · 1.7 km

  Hathern is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The pa…

• Dishley Grange · 1.7 km

  Dishley Grange is a house in Dishley, Leicestershire, just north-west of Loughborough on the A6 road. Dishley Grange was the home of the famous agriculturalist Robert Bakewell (1725–1795). However, the present build…

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