Blidworth

20°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 15° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:24

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

42 reported · July 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary4
• Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Bilsthorpe, Lowdham, Rainworth, Blidworth and Villages · Nottinghamshire

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

224 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 265 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

61 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mansfield (7.3 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,902 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£813 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £737
• 3 bed £890

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Blidworth (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

122,955 residents in Newark and Sherwood · 189/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 148 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 58,530)

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

57 schools · 15,987 pupils

45 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newark and Sherwood

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
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

170 applications decided

93.5% granted · 159 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 11
• Con 11
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £42,640 avg

e.g. Telehandler, Support Worker - Hatzfeld House, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Blidworth – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,093 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,819 certificates

12% 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: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

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