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Papplewick

Papplewick is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 369. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 13 bus stops, and Hucknall Station is 2.1 km away. There were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Papplewick area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gedling area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 117,260 residents at roughly 977 people per km².

Council
Gedling
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire
44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 192nd of 294 English council areas — better than 35% of them.

Home affordability56
Affordable rents55
Good schools22
Life expectancy53
Low deprivation65
Employment52
Low council tax9

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

17 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Shoplifting5
  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Calverton, Ravenshead and Villages · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Priority: Acquisitive Crime (Burglary, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft)​ Priority Period: July to September 2026 How priorities are chosen: T…
  • Priority: Anti Social Behaviour (including behavioural, motorcycle, speeding, begging)​ Priority Period: July to September 2026 How prior…

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

Road safety

159 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

159 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 121 rated 4–5 ★ (102 top)
  • 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hucknall (2.1 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hucknall (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£250,279 average 5.9% YoY

Across Gedling · to 2026-06

Detached£373,110
Semi-detached£239,670
Terraced£182,738
Flat£117,368

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£899 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £626
  • 2 bed £790
  • 3 bed £973

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

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (7.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (9.3 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Hucknall Park & Ride, Nottingham (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,260 residents in Gedling · 977/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 207 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,610 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 55,360)

A £1,740
B £2,030
C £2,320
D £2,610
E £3,189
F £3,769
G £4,349
H £5,219

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

Schools

57 schools · 19,177 pupils

44 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 22 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Redhill AcademyOutstanding
  • Colonel Frank Seely AcademyGood
  • The Oakwood AcademyGood
  • Carlton le Willows AcademyInadequate
  • Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
  • Carlton Academy
  • Christ The King Voluntary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gedling

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (PAPPLEWICK C.A.)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

75 applications decided

100% granted · 75 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 24
  • Con 9
  • LD 4
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Law Tutor - Part Time, Online Piano Tutor - Part Time, Online Piano Tutoring Job in Papplewick – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£764 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,982 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,260 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 22% · Solar 10% · Imports 3%

269 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday6.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Papplewick · 0.1 km

    Papplewick is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of Nottingham and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Mansfield. It had a population of 756 at the 2011 census, and 651 at the 2021…

  • Papplewick Hall · 0.6 km

    Papplewick Hall is a Grade I listed English country house in Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.

  • Hidden Valleys · 1.3 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.

  • Linby · 1.5 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…

  • Linby (Great Northern Railway) railway station · 1.6 km

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

  • Linby railway station · 1.7 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Papplewick?
Papplewick is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Gedling local authority.
What is the population of Papplewick?
Papplewick has an approximate settlement population of 369.
How deprived is Papplewick?
The Gedling local authority, which includes Papplewick, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.