Ravenshead

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:29

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US 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

23 reported · August 2026▲ 229% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Other theft4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Calverton, Ravenshead and Villages · Nottinghamshire

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

173 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 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

£245,028 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Gedling · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£904 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £630
• 2 bed £795
• 3 bed £979

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

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

1,646 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 · BP (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,409
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,184
• Net moves+1,225

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 209 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gedling

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

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

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

89 applications decided

91% granted · 81 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Bar Staff, Mid-day Supervisor (Lunchtime Assistant)

Source: Adzuna

£764 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 20% · Nuclear 1%

237 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 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

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NG15

• Torkard Hill Medical Ctre
• Oakenhall Medical Pract
• The Om Surgery

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

• 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)