Kimberley

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 7° · 56% 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

23US 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

7 reported · August 2026▼ 36% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Eastwood South · Nottinghamshire

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

169 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 225 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

301 food businesses within 2 miles

• 252 rated 4–5 ★ (232 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ilkeston (2.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£251,231 average▼ 4% YoY

Across Broxtowe · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£942 average monthly rent▼ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £651
• 2 bed £839
• 3 bed £1,003

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

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,521 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 (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.7 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

68 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Kimberley Shopping Centre (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

110,939 residents in Broxtowe · 1,385/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,040
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,993
• Net moves+47

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,618 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 52,160)

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

45 schools · 15,635 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxtowe

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

114 applications decided

94.7% granted · 108 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Independent / Independent coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 10
• LD 3
• Oth 24

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £53,820 avg

e.g. English Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£725 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,598 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,799 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NG16

• Eastwood Primary Care Centre, Church Street Site
• Newthorpe Medical Practice
• Selston Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Nottingham North and Kimberley:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills265 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth156 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 154 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals118 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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  Babbington · 0.4 km

  Babbington is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 2 miles south of Kimberley, close to the M1 motorway. It is part of Kimberley civil parish.

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  Cossall · 1.3 km

  Cossall is a village and civil parish 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Ilkeston in Nottinghamshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 612, reducing slightly to 606 at the 2011 census, and further to 562…

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  St Catherine's Church, Cossall · 1.3 km

  St Catherine's Church, Cossall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England.

• Oldmoor Wood · 1.3 km

  Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, England, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. During early spring, Oldmoor Woods is blan…

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  Swingate, Nottinghamshire · 1.4 km

  Swingate is a small English village positioned within Kimberley between Babbington, in the Borough of Broxtowe, in the county of Nottinghamshire. The village has a water tower that is listed, which was opened in 1950…

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  Willoughby Almshouses · 1.4 km

  The Willoughby Almshouses were erected in 1685 in Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England and are Grade II* listed buildings.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)