Linby

8°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 50% 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

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

43 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Public order4
• Other crime4

Neighbourhood team: Calverton, Ravenshead and Villages · 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)

201 food businesses within 2 miles

• 152 rated 4–5 ★ (129 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hucknall (1.8 km)
• 19 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 · BP (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (7.9 km)

17 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)

• 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

• In a conservation area (LINBY C.A.)
• Within the Green Belt
• 49 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)

• Schools6
• Parks & greens370
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £25,272 avg

e.g. Domestic Cleaner - Hucknall Ambulance Station (Sat & Sun)

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 41% · Wind 27% · Biomass 26% · Imports 3%

193 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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  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)