Elkesley

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▲ 120% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Bassetlaw Rural · Nottinghamshire

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

220 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 278 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Retford (4.9 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,596 average▲ 4.7% YoY

Across Bassetlaw · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£720 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £499
• 2 bed £652
• 3 bed £793

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (5.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Instavolt Charging A1 Northbound (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,805 residents in Bassetlaw · 185/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 108 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,645 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (49% of 57,430)

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

61 schools · 18,892 pupils

50 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

56inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bassetlaw

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
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

124 applications decided

79.8% granted · 99 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jo White

Labour

Bassetlaw

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 35
• Con 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised

e.g. Barista - Store 61164, Elkesley-Worksop Road DT, Aircraft Mechanic, Task Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£699 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,511 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,194 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Biomass 33% · Wind 8% · Imports 5%

248 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bassetlaw:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office468 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s372 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership328 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance281 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test240 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Elkesley · 0.3 km

  Elkesley is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 805, increasing to 822 at the 2011 Census, and 852 in 2021. It is located 6 miles south of Retford.

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  St Giles' Church, Elkesley · 0.3 km

  St Giles' Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England.

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  Retford Gamston Airport · 1.5 km

  Retford Gamston Airport is a small English airport, located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Retford and close to Gamston, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire. It is used mainly for small private aircraft as well as a base for seve…

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  River Meden · 1.5 km

  The River Meden is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. Its source lies just north of Huthwaite, near the Derbyshire border, and from there it flows north east through Pleasley and Warsop before merging temporarily wi…

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  Bevercotes Colliery · 1.7 km

  Bevercotes Colliery was the first fully automated mine. It went into production in July 1965. Located in Bevercotes to the north of Ollerton, the colliery was, alongside Cotgrave Colliery, one of two new collieries op…

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  St Peter's Church, Gamston · 2.1 km

  St Peter's Church, Gamston is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Gamston, Bassetlaw.

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