Laxton

22°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 14° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

224 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 265 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,902 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£813 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £737
• 3 bed £890

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · ESSO (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · ESSO (7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Fairfield the Old Rectory (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

122,955 residents in Newark and Sherwood · 189/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 148 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 58,530)

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

57 schools · 15,987 pupils

45 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newark and Sherwood

796 CQC-registered services

• Care homes283
• GP practices107
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

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

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

170 applications decided

93.5% granted · 159 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Robert Jenrick

Reform UK

Newark

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 11
• Con 11
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Laxton (Northamptonshire) – Flexible Schedule, Become a Spanish Tutor in Laxton (Northamptonshire) – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,093 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,819 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 71% · Biomass 20% · Solar 4% · Imports 3%

302 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newark:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership443 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office397 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills392 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s358 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership253 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton · 0.1 km

  St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Laxton is a Grade I listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Laxton, Nottinghamshire.

• 
  Laxton, Nottinghamshire · 0.1 km

  Laxton is a village in the civil parish of Laxton and Moorhouse, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the English county of Nottinghamshire, situated about 25 miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The populati…

• 
  Laxton Castle · 0.6 km

  Laxton Castle is a late 11th- or early 12th-century medieval castle located north of the village of Laxton in Nottinghamshire, England. According to an early 20th-century report by the British Archaeological Associati…

• 
  Laxton and Moorhouse · 1.2 km

  Laxton and Moorhouse is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 251.

• 
  National Holocaust Centre and Museum · 2.0 km

  The National Holocaust Centre and Museum, previously known as Beth Shalom, is a Holocaust memorial centre in Laxton, Nottinghamshire, England.

• 
  Egmanton · 2.3 km

  Egmanton is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, and is located one mile south of Tuxford and one mile north of Laxton. According to the 2001 census it has 254 inhabitants in 101 households in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)