Eakring

16°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:29

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

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)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 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 · Esso (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Center Parcs - Sherwood Forest (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1

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

• In a conservation area (Eakring)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 7 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)

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

17 jobs advertised · £29,404 avg

e.g. HGV Driver, Warehouse Operative Picker And Packer, Cook Manager

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Biomass 30% · Gas 14% · Imports 3%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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  Eakring · 0.3 km

  Eakring is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Its population at the 2011 census was 419, and this increased to 440 residents for the 2021 census. There was size…

• Bilsthorpe Colliery · 1.8 km

  Bilsthorpe Colliery was a colliery in north Nottinghamshire. From when work started in 1925 to the pits closure in 1997, 77 people died at the pit.

• Bilsthorpe Moor · 3.3 km

  Bilsthorpe Moor is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bilsthorpe, in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is 120 miles north of London, 13 miles north east of the city of Nottingham, five mile…

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  Bilsthorpe · 3.3 km

  Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076, increasing to 3,375 at the 2011 census, and dropping…

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  Ompton · 3.5 km

  Ompton is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England, three miles south-east of Ollerton. It is in the civil parish of Ompton. The population count was 52 at the 2021 census. Kneesall lies to the southwest, and Wellow to th…

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  Rufford Abbey · 3.5 km

  Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII's dis…

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