Shardlow

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:29

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026▲ 80% YoY

• Vehicle crime2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Melbourne · Derbyshire

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

121 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

55 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Long Eaton (5.3 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,397 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£914 average monthly rent▲ 9.9% YoY

• 1 bed £634
• 2 bed £819
• 3 bed £992

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

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

1,708 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 560 kW
• Nearest: Welcome Break Derby Eastbound Services (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,001
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
• Net moves+1,379

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

53 inspected 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 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
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

139 applications decided

93.5% granted · 130 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 5
• Ref 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £18,543 avg

e.g. Moped Delivery Driver, Car Delivery Driver, Primary Teacher

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

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DE72

• Overdale Medical Practice
• Evans Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills875 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth255 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 143 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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  Shardlow · 0.3 km

  Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derb…

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  Derby South services · 0.5 km

  The Derby South services are two service stations run by Welcome Break on either side of the A50 road. The services are located in South Derbyshire, near the villages of Shardlow and Aston-on-Trent.

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  St James' Church, Shardlow · 0.8 km

  St James’ Church, Shardlow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shardlow, Derbyshire.

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  Shardlow Hall, Derbyshire · 0.9 km

  Shardlow Hall is a 17th-century former country house at Shardlow, Derbyshire now in use as commercial offices. It is a Grade II* listed building which is officially listed on the Buildings at Risk Register.

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  Shardlow Hall (school) · 0.9 km

  Shardlow Hall was a school in Shardlow, a village seven miles south of Derby in the English Midlands. It was founded by B.O.Corbett, who had played football for England, as a preparatory school for boys. One of its no…

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  Hanson Log Boat · 1.2 km

  The Hanson Log Boat was a Bronze Age dugout boat found in a gravel pit in Shardlow in Derbyshire. The log boat is now in Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)