Linby

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 11° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m 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

58 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Other theft5
• Shoplifting5

Neighbourhood team: Calverton, Ravenshead and Villages · Nottinghamshire

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

184 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

195 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (129 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hucknall (1.8 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£190,024 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Ashfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£793 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £845

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (8.9 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Hucknall Park & Ride, Nottingham (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds7

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 63 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashfield

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 (LINBY C.A.)
• Within the Green Belt
• 49 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

97 applications decided

79.4% granted · 77 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 31

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

• Schools6
• Parks & greens370
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £30,000 avg

e.g. Online Piano Tutoring Job in Linby – Flexible Schedule, Become a Law Tutor in Linby – Flexible & Remote, Online Arabic Tutor - Part Time

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 30% · Gas 18% · Imports 4%

108 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills461 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership381 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s335 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test305 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Linby · 0.1 km

  Linby is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. The nearest town is Hucknall which is immediately to the south-west. The village grew up around the mills on the River Leen, from which Linby's na…

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  Linby (Great Northern Railway) railway station · 0.3 km

  Linby (Great Northern Railway) was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's Nottingham to Shirebrook line.

• Linby railway station · 0.4 km

  Linby railway station was a station on what is now the Robin Hood Line. It was used predominantly to serve Linby Colliery. It shut in 1964. When the line was re-opened in the 1990s it was decided not to re-open Linb…

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  Hidden Valleys · 0.7 km

  Hidden Valleys is a name, created in 2004, used to describe an area of interesting historical and scenic value between the city of Nottingham and the town of Mansfield in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire.

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  Misk Hills · 0.8 km

  The Misk Hills consist of a gently undulating sandstone plateau between Hucknall and Annesley in the county of Nottinghamshire in the north East Midlands of England. They offer views Southwards across the town of Huck…

• The National Academy · 1.2 km

  The National Church of England Academy, formerly known as The National School, is a Church of England secondary school in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)