Ratcliffe on Soar

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:30

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other crime1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Leake & Keyworth · Nottinghamshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 1 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

£329,528 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Rushcliffe · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,047 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £724
• 2 bed £898
• 3 bed £1,134

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

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

1,902 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)

12 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,441
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,455
• Net moves+1,986

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 294 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 21,482 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushcliffe

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

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

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

177 applications decided

91% granted · 161 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

5,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Field Service Engineer – Diesel Generators & Compressors, Field Service Engineer – Diesel Generators & Compressors

Source: Adzuna

£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

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 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

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NG11

• The Ruddington Med Centre
• Clifton Medical Practice
• Rivergreen Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills553 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND292 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Require every primary school to have a published plan for outdoor free play161 local signatures · 3,676 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth156 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station · 0.0 km

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

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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)