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Edwinstowe

Edwinstowe is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 5,188. It has around 8 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and there were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Edwinstowe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newark and Sherwood area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 122,955 residents at roughly 189 people per km².

Council
Newark and Sherwood
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 168th of 294 English council areas — better than 43% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability69
Affordable rents77
Good schools5
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation47
Employment62
Low council tax3

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CSunny

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:24

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Crime

22 reported · July 2026 29% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Other theft2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Ollerton, Edwinstowe, Clipstone & Villages · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Serious Acquisitive Crime

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

87 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 82 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Shirebrook (9.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£233,902 average 5% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-06

Detached£353,657
Semi-detached£208,915
Terraced£171,378
Flat£105,110

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Launays Restaurant (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,788
B £2,086
C £2,384
D £2,682
E £3,278
F £3,874
G £4,470
H £5,364

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Suthers SchoolGood
  • Magnus Church of England Academy
  • The Dukeries Academy
  • The Joseph Whitaker School
  • The Newark Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Edwinstowe)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

170 applications decided

93.5% granted · 159 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £57,680 avg

e.g. Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Area Manager, Plumber - Newark

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Mary's Church, Edwinstowe · 0.1 km

    St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Edwinstowe. The church was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086, given by William II to Lincoln Cathedral.

  • Edwinstowe railway station · 0.6 km

    Edwinstowe railway station is a former railway station in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Thoresby Colliery · 1.0 km

    Thoresby Colliery was a coal mine in north Nottinghamshire on the outskirts of Edwinstowe village. The mine, which opened in 1925, was the last working colliery in Nottinghamshire when it closed in 2015. The site has…

  • Sherwood Forest · 1.2 km

    Sherwood Forest consists of the remnants of an ancient royal forest in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is associated with the legend of Robin Hood. The forest was proclaimed by William the…

  • Major Oak · 1.2 km

    The Major Oak is a large dead English oak near Edwinstowe, in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England. Thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, the tree was estimated to weigh 23 long tons and had…

  • Birklands and Bilhaugh · 1.6 km

    Birklands and Bilhaugh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located to the west of the town of Ollerton. Birklands and Bilhaugh is regarded as a fragment of the ancient Sh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Edwinstowe?
Edwinstowe is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Newark and Sherwood local authority.
What is the population of Edwinstowe?
Edwinstowe has an approximate settlement population of 5,188.
How deprived is Edwinstowe?
The Newark and Sherwood local authority, which includes Edwinstowe, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.