Lound

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:24

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bassetlaw Rural · Nottinghamshire

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

228 reported road collisions (2025)

76 killed or seriously injured · 328 casualties · 19.4 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

• Nearest station: Retford (6.0 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,488 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Bassetlaw · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£727 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £504
• 2 bed £658
• 3 bed £801

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,704 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: 171.9p · Asda (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (8.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Randall Business Centre (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,805 residents in Bassetlaw · 185/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,999
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,124
• Net moves+1,875

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,645 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (49% of 57,430)

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

61 schools · 18,892 pupils

50 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bassetlaw

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 (Lound)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

127 applications decided

70.9% granted · 90 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jo White

Labour

Bassetlaw

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 34
• Con 3
• Ref 7
• Oth 3

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

• Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £26,208 avg

e.g. Care Home Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£699 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,511 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,194 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 32% · Biomass 23% · Imports 3%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

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

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

14 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in DN22

• Kingfisher Family Practice
• Crown House Surgery
• Riverside Health Partnership

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bassetlaw:

• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months934 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth231 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills208 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases193 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK188 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Lound, Nottinghamshire · 0.3 km

  Lound is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles north of Retford. It had a population of 493 in the census of 2001, reducing to 471 at the 2011 census, and 454 in 2021. The village is of Danish origin datin…

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  St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound · 1.7 km

  St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton cum Lound is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Sutton cum Lound.

• Tiln · 2.1 km

  Tiln is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hayton, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Idle, 2 miles north of Retford, a mile north of Bolham and ½ mile from R…

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  Sutton cum Lound · 2.3 km

  Sutton Cum Lound is a village located in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire. It is located 3 miles from Retford. The civil parish is called Sutton. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 687, falling slight…

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  Barnby Moor and Sutton railway station · 2.5 km

  Barnby Moor and Sutton railway station served the village of Barnby Moor and Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire, England from 1850 to 1949 on the East Coast Main Line.

• ROF Ranskill · 3.0 km

  The Royal Ordnance Factory ROF Ranskill was a United Kingdom Ministry of Supply, World War II, Explosive ROF. It was built to manufacture cordite and the site was located adjacent to what is now known as the East Coa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)