Forest Town

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 15° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

116 reported · July 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences45
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Criminal damage & arson14
• Other theft8

Neighbourhood team: Mansfield North · Nottinghamshire

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

154 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

399 food businesses within 2 miles

• 346 rated 4–5 ★ (303 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mansfield Woodhouse (3.1 km)
• 51 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£192,359 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across Mansfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£788 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £550
• 2 bed £706
• 3 bed £844

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

5.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.5 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (0.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Mansfield Superstore (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches29
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Mansfield’s careers fair offers jobseekers chance to hand CV direct to employers· 10 Sept 2026
• Council confirms agreement for Walkden Street site and start of demolition work· 4 Sept 2026
• Car park in Mansfield to close for a week· 3 Sept 2026
• Mansfield nurtures teenage sporting starlet· 27 Aug 2026
• Home linked to anti-social behaviour and criminal activity shut down· 21 Aug 2026

Source: Mansfield Council

110,482 residents in Mansfield · 1,440/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 56 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,600 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (54% of 51,560)

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

48 schools · 17,832 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mansfield

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
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

74 applications decided

94.6% granted · 70 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Steve Yemm

Labour

Mansfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 26
• Con 4
• Ref 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £31,399 avg

e.g. Restaurant Team Member, CNC Machinist, CNC Miller - Continental

Source: Adzuna

£636 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 55,245 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Biomass 24% · Solar 4% · Imports 4%

279 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mansfield:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office396 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills385 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s350 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance282 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Forest Town, Mansfield · 0.3 km

  Forest Town is a suburb within Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Forest Town used to be a village but after continuous development it is no longer a separate entity, nowadays being simply an area within Mansfield.

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  A.F.C. Mansfield · 0.5 km

  A.F.C. Mansfield is a football club based in Forest Town, a suburb of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Nicknamed 'The Bulls', they are members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at the F…

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  St Alban's Church, Forest Town · 0.7 km

  St. Albans Church, Forest Town is a parish church in the Church of England in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire.

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  Samworth Church Academy · 1.3 km

  The Samworth Church Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Mansfield in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The name was applied from 2008.

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  The Garibaldi School · 1.7 km

  The Garibaldi School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form built in the 1960s. It is situated near to the edge of Clipstone village, Nottinghamshire but lies within Mansfield District Council's Newlands…

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  Clipstone F.C. · 1.9 km

  Clipstone Football Club is a football club based in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at the Lido Ground.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)