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Meden Vale

Meden Vale is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 1 restaurant or café, along with 18 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Langwith-Whaley Thorns, 5.4 km away. In June 2026, there were around 9 recorded street crimes, most commonly criminal damage and arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Meden Vale area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bassetlaw area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 117,805 residents at roughly 185 people per km².

Council
Bassetlaw
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
50/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 154th of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime46
Home affordability80
Affordable rents87
Good schools68
Life expectancy26
Low deprivation37
Employment54
Low council tax5

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

12°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:27

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

30 reported · August 2026▲ 329% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Worksop South · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Bassetlaw Neighbourhood Policing Priorities: October – December 2026 As the Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for Bassetlaw, I am pleased…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

59 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 52 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Langwith-Whaley Thorns (5.4 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Langwith - Whaley Thorns (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£211,488 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Bassetlaw · to 2026-08

Detached£313,779
Semi-detached£187,784
Terraced£152,649
Flat£92,239

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: S&L Office (5.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,805 residents in Bassetlaw · 185/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,645 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,763
B £2,057
C £2,351
D £2,645
E £3,233
F £3,820
G £4,408
H £5,290

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Outwood Academy ValleyGood
  • The Elizabethan AcademyGood
  • Tuxford AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy Portland
  • Retford Oaks Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bassetlaw

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

127 applications decided

70.9% granted · 90 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 34
  • Con 3
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £30,200 avg

e.g. Field Research Scientist, Crop Pathology Consultant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NG20

  • Shires Healthcare
  • Meden Medical Services

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mansfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Meden Vale · 0.5 km

    Meden Vale is a small village near to Church Warsop. The village is part of the parish of Warsop. It is also situated close to the small town of Market Warsop, in north Nottinghamshire, England, off the main A60 Mansf…

  • Cuckney Hill · 1.7 km

    Cuckney Hill is a hill that in England that lies between the village of Cuckney and the village of Church Warsop. In the late 19th century, Cuckney Hill was considered one of the chief points in the range between Work…

  • Cuckney · 1.9 km

    Cuckney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, located between Worksop and Church Warsop. In 2001 the pa…

  • St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney · 2.0 km

    St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cuckney.

  • Cuckney Castle · 2.0 km

    Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop.

  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop · 2.0 km

    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Warsop.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Meden Vale?
Meden Vale is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Bassetlaw local authority.
How deprived is Meden Vale?
The Bassetlaw local authority, which includes Meden Vale, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.