Ravenshead

19°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 14° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

19 reported · July 2026▲ 280% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs3
• Other crime3

Neighbourhood team: Calverton, Ravenshead and Villages · Nottinghamshire

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

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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 30 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newstead (4.5 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£250,279 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Gedling · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (9.2 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Blidworth (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,260 residents in Gedling · 977/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,610 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gedling

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

75 applications decided

100% granted · 75 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• Con 9
• LD 4
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £22,608 avg

e.g. Online Biology Tutoring Job in Ravenshead – Flexible Schedule, Become a Biology Tutor in Ravenshead – Flexible & Remote, Early Years Educator - Longdale

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

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

• Skegby Rural District · 1.7 km

  Skegby was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.

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  Newstead Abbey · 2.3 km

  Newstead Abbey, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the dissolution of the monasteries, it is now best known as the ancestral home of Lor…

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  Church of St Mary of the Purification, Blidworth · 2.4 km

  The Church of St Mary of the Purification is a parish church of the Church of England in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, dating from the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Portland College · 2.5 km

  Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated in 20 acres (81,000 m2) of Sherwood Forest, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the town of Mansfield. Portl…

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  Blidworth Bottoms · 2.7 km

  Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England, near to Blidworth and Ravenshead. Population details are included in the civil parish of Blidworth. The hamlet includes Bottoms Farm, the Fox and Hounds publi…

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  Sherwood Forest (constituency) · 2.7 km

  Sherwood Forest is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Michelle Welsh, of the Labour Party. The constituency's name is shared with Sherwood Forest, which is in the area.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)