Rainworth

16°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 15° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:29

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

62 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Burglary5
• Criminal damage & arson4

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

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

154 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

85 food businesses within 2 miles

• 75 rated 4–5 ★ (66 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

£192,359 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across Mansfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£788 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £550
• 2 bed £706
• 3 bed £844

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (7.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 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)

• Mansfield’s careers fair offers jobseekers chance to hand CV direct to employers· 10 Sept 2026
• Council confirms agreement for Walkden Street site and start of demolition work· 4 Sept 2026
• Car park in Mansfield to close for a week· 3 Sept 2026
• Mansfield nurtures teenage sporting starlet· 27 Aug 2026
• Home linked to anti-social behaviour and criminal activity shut down· 21 Aug 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 56 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mansfield

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

74 applications decided

94.6% granted · 70 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

3,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £31,234 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, People advisor, Specialist Support Worker - Full Time

Source: Adzuna

£636 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% 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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Biomass 30% · Gas 14% · Imports 4%

91 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.3 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sherwood Forest:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills461 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership381 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s335 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test305 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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)