Gamston (Bassetlaw)

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:28

9h 22m 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 Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Bassetlaw Rural · Nottinghamshire

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

228 reported road collisions (2025)

76 killed or seriously injured · 328 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Retford (4.0 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,488 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Bassetlaw · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£727 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £504
• 2 bed £658
• 3 bed £801

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

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

1,704 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: 173.7p · Asda (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

3 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 (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,999
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,124
• Net moves+1,875

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bassetlaw

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

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

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

127 applications decided

70.9% granted · 90 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Robert Jenrick

Reform UK

Newark

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 34
• Con 3
• Ref 7
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Biomass 30% · Gas 23% · Imports 4%

126 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 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

14 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in DN22

• Kingfisher Family Practice
• Crown House Surgery
• Riverside Health Partnership

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newark:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills393 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months314 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks223 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects219 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 199 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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  St Peter's Church, Gamston · 0.2 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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  Gamston, Bassetlaw · 0.3 km

  Gamston is a village and civil parish four miles south of Retford in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The village lies on the A638 road between Retford and the Markham Moor junction with the A1 and the A57 roads…

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  Retford Gamston Airport · 1.0 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 · 1.3 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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  Eaton, Nottinghamshire · 1.4 km

  Eaton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. Eaton is located 2 miles south of Retford, on the A638 road, the former Great North Road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 105, incre…

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  West Drayton, Nottinghamshire · 1.6 km

  West Drayton is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 24 miles (39 km) north east of Nottingham and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Retford.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)