Ratcliffe on Soar

21°CSunny

• Today: 24° / 14° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 86% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Leake & Keyworth · Nottinghamshire

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

211 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 266 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: East Midlands Parkway (0.6 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£331,451 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Rushcliffe · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,041 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

• 1 bed £720
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,128

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 560 kW
• Nearest: Long Eaton Train Station Car-Park (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

119,077 residents in Rushcliffe · 291/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 314 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 55,330)

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

54 schools · 21,586 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 24 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushcliffe

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

93.3% granted · 166 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 23
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 8

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

• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£856 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,305 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,613 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills551 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership322 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office305 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station · 0.0 km

  Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station owned and operated by Uniper at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Bo…

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  East Midlands Parkway railway station · 0.6 km

  East Midlands Parkway railway station is located just north of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, in Nottinghamshire, England; The defunct Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station lies next to the railway. It is a stop on the Midland Main Lin…

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  Trent Viaducts · 1.1 km

  Trent Viaducts are two adjacent parallel railway bridges which carry the Midland Main Line over the River Trent between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

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  River Soar · 1.2 km

  The River Soar is a major tributary of the River Trent in the East Midlands as well as the principal river of Leicestershire, England. The source of the river is midway between Hinckley and Lutterworth. The river then…

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  Thrumpton Hall · 1.2 km

  Thrumpton Hall is an English country house in the village of Thrumpton near Nottingham. It operated as a wedding venue until November 2020.

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  Thrumpton · 1.3 km

  Thrumpton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 152, increasing to 165 at the 2011 census, and 178 at the 2021 census. It is located on the A4…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)