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Harlow Wood

Harlow Wood is a town or village in Nottinghamshire, England, with no population data provided. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Mansfield, 4.3 km away. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Harlow Wood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Ashfield area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 126,297 residents at roughly 1,153 people per km².

Council
Ashfield
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Ashfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire
38/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 239th of 294 English council areas — better than 19% of them.

Low crime38
Home affordability88
Affordable rents86
Good schools28
Life expectancy14
Low deprivation25
Employment34
Low council tax10

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:26

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

5 reported · August 2026

  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Sutton in Ashfield · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Ashfield Neighbourhood Policing Team Policing Priorities: October - December 2026 Our Local Priorities For the period October - December…

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

Road safety

190 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 229 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

88 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 68 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Mansfield (3.8 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Mansfield (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£189,498 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Ashfield · to 2026-08

Detached£267,605
Semi-detached£182,061
Terraced£145,724
Flat£89,909

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£795 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £560
  • 2 bed £725
  • 3 bed £847

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

Affordability

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,680 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (2.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (2.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Golden Eagle (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

126,297 residents in Ashfield · 1,153/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,177
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,805
  • Net moves+1,372

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 75 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 58,000)

A £1,739
B £2,029
C £2,319
D £2,609
E £3,188
F £3,768
G £4,348
H £5,218

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

Schools

50 schools · 19,690 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Sutton Community AcademyGood
  • The National CofE AcademyGood
  • The Holgate AcademyRequires improvement
  • Ashfield Comprehensive School
  • Outwood Academy Kirkby
  • Quarrydale Academy
  • Selston High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashfield

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Lee Anderson

Reform UK

Ashfield

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent majority

  • Con 1
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 31

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

200 jobs advertised · £40,188 avg

e.g. Service Manager - Supported Living, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Production Manager (Food Manufacturing)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£676 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,973 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,893 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 35% · Gas 10% · Imports 5%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.0
  • Feeling worthwhile6.8
  • Happiness yesterday6.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in NG18

  • Churchside Medical Practice
  • Orchard Medical Practice
  • Roundwood Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Portland College · 0.4 km

    Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated in 20 acres (81,000 m2) of Sherwood Forest, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the town of Mansfield. Portl…

  • Lindhurst · 1.6 km

    Lindhurst is a civil parish and hamlet in the Newark and Sherwood district, is 120 miles (190 km) north west of London, 11 miles (18 km) north of Nottingham the county town, and 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Mansfiel…

  • Vision West Nottinghamshire College · 1.6 km

    Vision West Nottinghamshire College is the trading name of West Nottinghamshire College, a further education college having two main campuses in Mansfield, with smaller sites at nearby Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in…

  • Berry Hill, Mansfield · 2.1 km

    Berry Hill is a suburb within the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England with a local ward under Mansfield District Council using the same name. Berry Hill Open Air School, situated on Black Scotch Lane, in opera…

  • Berry Hill Park · 2.1 km

    Berry Hill Park is situated near Lichfield Lane in Berry Hill, a residential area of Mansfield, close to King George V Recreation Ground. The park is a destination park.

  • Skegby Rural District · 2.3 km

    Skegby was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Harlow Wood?
Harlow Wood is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Ashfield local authority.
How deprived is Harlow Wood?
The Ashfield local authority, which includes Harlow Wood, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.