Hucknall

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

233 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences84
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Criminal damage & arson25
• Shoplifting22

Neighbourhood team: Hucknall · Nottinghamshire

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

190 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

264 food businesses within 2 miles

• 211 rated 4–5 ★ (186 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hucknall (0.6 km)
• 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£189,498 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Ashfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Sandicliffe Nissan (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches38
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashfield

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
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 31

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens746
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

66 jobs advertised · £43,232 avg

e.g. Highway Contract Manager, Area Director, Home Manager

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 25% · Biomass 20% · Solar 4%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NG15

• Torkard Hill Medical Ctre
• Oakenhall Medical Pract
• The Om Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills462 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals207 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND204 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months199 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide

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

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  Hucknall Urban District · 0.1 km

  Hucknall was an urban district in Nottinghamshire, England, from 1894 to 1974.

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  Hucknall Sixth Form Centre · 0.3 km

  The Hucknall Sixth Form Centre was a coeducational sixth form centre located in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Church of St John the Evangelist, Hucknall · 0.5 km

  The Church of St John the Evangelist, Hucknall is a parish church in the Church of England in the Butler's Hill suburb of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.

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  Hucknall Town railway station · 0.5 km

  Hucknall Town railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's Nottingham to Shirebrook line. It served the market town of Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Hucknall · 0.6 km

  Hucknall is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) north of Nottingham, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles (14 km) from Mansfield and 10 miles (16 km)…

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  Hucknall Central railway station · 0.6 km

  Hucknall Central railway station, originally known as Hucknall Town, was a station in Hucknall on the Great Central Railway's main line from Manchester to London.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)