Blidworth

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 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

223 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 279 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

61 food businesses within 2 miles

• 53 rated 4–5 ★ (45 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

£236,524 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£818 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £742
• 3 bed £896

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

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

1,901 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: 155.9p · BP (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11.8 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,890
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,710
• Net moves+1,180

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 151 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

797 CQC-registered services

• Care homes282
• GP practices108
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% 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)

189 applications decided

87.8% granted · 166 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

5,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £27,985 avg

e.g. Accounts Administrator, Support Worker - Hatzfeld House- Part Time, Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 34% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 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

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in NG21

• Abbey Medical Group
• Rainworth Health Centre
• Major Oak Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills462 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals207 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND204 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months199 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide

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

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  Blidworth · 0.2 km

  Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457, this dropped to 4,295 in the 2021 census.

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  Blidworth Welfare F.C. · 0.6 km

  Blidworth Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Blidworth, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division South.

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  Church of St Mary of the Purification, Blidworth · 1.0 km

  The Church of St Mary of the Purification is a parish church of the Church of England in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, dating from the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Blidworth Bottoms · 1.5 km

  Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England, near to Blidworth and Ravenshead. Population details are included in the civil parish of Blidworth. The hamlet includes Bottoms Farm, the Fox and Hounds publi…

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  Haywood Oaks · 1.7 km

  Haywood Oaks is a hamlet and former civil parish, 10 miles (16 km) from Nottingham, now in the parish of Blidworth, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 1931 the parish ha…

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  Joseph Whitaker School · 1.7 km

  Joseph Whitaker School is a secondary school with academy status in Rainworth near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in England. The school takes its name from Joseph Whitaker, a naturalist who lived in Rainworth at Rainwor…

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