Kirkby-in-Ashfield

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

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

21US 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

172 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences63
• Anti-social behaviour33
• Criminal damage & arson21
• Shoplifting15

Neighbourhood team: Kirkby In Ashfield · 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)

287 food businesses within 2 miles

• 221 rated 4–5 ★ (192 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kirkby-in-Ashfield (0.6 km)
• 63 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: 155.9p · Esso (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms4
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds6

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
• 1 listed building 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

Lee Anderson

Reform UK

Ashfield

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 31

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

137 jobs advertised · £35,644 avg

e.g. Clinical Lead, Engineer, Care 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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Biomass 23% · Imports 3%

191 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

17 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NG17

• Willowbrook Medical Practice
• Woodlands Medical Practice
• King'S Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills712 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals171 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK127 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND124 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Kirkby-in-Ashfield · 0.1 km

  Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield District of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 21,285 in the 2021 census. The town is a part of the wider Mansfield Urban Area. Kirkby-in-Ashfield lies o…

• Outwood Academy Kirkby · 0.3 km

  Outwood Academy Kirkby is a mixed secondary school located in Kirkby-in-Ashfield town centre, Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station · 0.3 km

  Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station was a station in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. It was opened in 1848, and was located on the Midland Railway's Mansfield Branch Line. It was one of three stations that se…

• St Thomas' Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield · 0.4 km

  St Thomas’ Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

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  Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station · 0.6 km

  Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station serves the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line and is operated by East Midlands Railway between Nottingham and Worksop.

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  Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central railway station · 1.3 km

  Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central is a former railway station that served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)