Farnsfield

16°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · 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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▲ 36% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order2

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)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 13 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 (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (10.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: White Post (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds4

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 (Farnsfield)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 30 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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised · £29,068 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Bank Staff, Barista - Store 88365, Farnsfield-A614 DT

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Solar 18% · Gas 14% · Biomass 8%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Farnsfield · 0.2 km

  Farnsfield is a large village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood. The population of the civil parish as at the United Kingdom Census 2…

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  St Michael's Church, Farnsfield · 0.3 km

  St Michael's Church, Farnsfield is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Farnsfield.

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  Farnsfield railway station · 0.7 km

  Farnsfield railway station was a railway station serving the village of Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England. It was on the Midland Railway's Rolleston Junction to Mansfield line.

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  St Giles' Church, Edingley · 2.1 km

  St Giles' Church, Edingley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Edingley.

• Wheelgate Park · 2.1 km

  Wheelgate Park is a 30-acre family theme park and water park in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The park includes two large indoor play centres, a farm and a water park.

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  Edingley · 2.8 km

  Edingley is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 390, increasing to 443 at the 2011 census, and falling to 401 at the 2021 cens…

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