Forest Town

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:27

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

97 reported · August 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences39
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Vehicle crime6

Neighbourhood team: Mansfield North · Nottinghamshire

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

170 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 199 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

401 food businesses within 2 miles

• 346 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
• 12 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

£184,895 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Mansfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£790 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £551
• 2 bed £707
• 3 bed £846

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,393 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 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)

• Council approves funding to begin work towards Article 4 controls for HMOs· 28 Oct 2026
• New council home is new lease of life for Mansfield mum· 27 Oct 2026
• Council temporary housing gets major upgrade· 22 Oct 2026
• Mansfield youth project gets £80,000 boost· 21 Oct 2026
• West Gate to host Mansfield's ChristmasFest this November· 20 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,413
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,014
• Net moves+399

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 77 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mansfield

797 CQC-registered services

• Care homes282
• GP practices108
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% 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)

66 applications decided

97% granted · 64 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

3,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

22 jobs advertised · £44,948 avg

e.g. General Manager, Retail Assistant - Part Time, Security Officer

Source: Adzuna

£636 median full-time weekly pay

4% 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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 23% · Biomass 22% · Solar 2%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 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

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NG19

• Oakwood Surgery
• Forest Medical
• Pleasley Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mansfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills386 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth201 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months171 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals160 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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 co-educational 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)