Bestwood Village

16°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 15° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

131 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences49
• Anti-social behaviour24
• Public order12
• Criminal damage & arson11

Neighbourhood team: Hucknall · Nottinghamshire

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

184 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

359 food businesses within 2 miles

• 302 rated 4–5 ★ (271 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hucknall (1.8 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£190,024 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Ashfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£793 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £845

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

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Sandicliffe Nissan (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,297 residents in Ashfield · 1,153/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 63 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 58,000)

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

50 schools · 19,690 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashfield

796 CQC-registered services

• Care homes283
• GP practices107
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

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

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

97 applications decided

79.4% granted · 77 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 31

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

744 jobs advertised · £47,158 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Mobile Multi-Skilled Fabric Engineer, Carpenter (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

£676 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,973 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 · 62,893 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Biomass 21% · Wind 17% · Imports 3%

250 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile6.8
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

13 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NG6

• St Albans Medical Centre
• Churchfields Medical Practice
• Leen View Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills461 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership381 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s335 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test305 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bestwood Village · 0.3 km

  Bestwood Village is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire. It is to the east of Hucknall and north of Bulwell. It is neighboured to the north by the village of Papplewick. It is also cl…

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  Whyburn · 0.5 km

  The Whyburn is the main watercourse flowing through the town of Hucknall in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It rises in two separate springs at the foot of the Misk Hills by Whyburn Farm, and flows east into th…

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  Bestwood Colliery railway station · 0.6 km

  Bestwood Colliery railway station was a former station on the Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook line.

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  Butler's Hill tram stop · 0.7 km

  Butler's Hill is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit network, serving the suburb of Butler's Hill, Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Bestwood Country Park · 0.7 km

  Bestwood Country Park is a country park near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire, England. Bestwood was a hunting estate owned by the Crown from the medieval period until the 17th century, when King Charles II gave it t…

• Butler's Hill · 0.9 km

  Butler's Hill is a residential area near to the town centre of Hucknall. It is approximately seven miles north-west of Nottingham, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)