Rainworth

9°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:27

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US 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

69 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences41
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Bilsthorpe, Lowdham, Rainworth, Blidworth and Villages · Nottinghamshire

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

170 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 199 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

85 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mansfield (5.9 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£184,895 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Mansfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£790 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £551
• 2 bed £707
• 3 bed £846

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

5.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.5 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,393 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 · Esso (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (2.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Blidworth (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Council approves funding to begin work towards Article 4 controls for HMOs· 28 Oct 2026
• New council home is new lease of life for Mansfield mum· 27 Oct 2026
• Council temporary housing gets major upgrade· 22 Oct 2026
• Mansfield youth project gets £80,000 boost· 21 Oct 2026
• West Gate to host Mansfield's ChristmasFest this November· 20 Oct 2026

Source: Mansfield Council

110,482 residents in Mansfield · 1,440/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,413
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,014
• Net moves+399

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 77 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,600 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (54% of 51,560)

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

48 schools · 17,832 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mansfield

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

66 applications decided

97% granted · 64 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 26
• Con 4
• Ref 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

20 jobs advertised · £37,982 avg

e.g. Product Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, Work from Home Independent Contractor

Source: Adzuna

£636 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 55,245 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 26% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

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

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in NG21

• Abbey Medical Group
• Rainworth Health Centre
• Major Oak Medical Practice

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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  Rainworth Miners Welfare F.C. · 0.3 km

  Rainworth Miners Welfare F.C. is a football club formed in 1922, based in Rainworth, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Rainworth · 0.3 km

  Rainworth is a village in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is split between the local government districts of Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield. To the north of Rainworth is…

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  Joseph Whitaker School · 0.5 km

  Joseph Whitaker School is a secondary school with academy status in Rainworth near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in England. The school takes its name from Joseph Whitaker, a naturalist who lived in Rainworth at Rainwor…

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  Blidworth and Rainworth railway station · 0.6 km

  Blidworth and Rainworth railway station served the villages of Blidworth and Rainworth in Nottinghamshire, England; it was a stop on the Midland Railway's Rolleston Junction to Mansfield line.

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  Rainworth Water · 1.4 km

  Rainworth Water is a watercourse that is a tributary of the River Maun near Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, England. It is characterised by a number of lakes, including that which forms part of the country park at Rufford…

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  Dawn House School · 1.4 km

  Dawn House School is a specialist school run by the charity Speech and Language UK for children with severe or complex speech and language challenges. It is located in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)