Rufford (Newark and Sherwood)

16°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

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

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026

• Other theft3
• Violence & sexual offences1

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

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

224 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 265 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

86 food businesses within 2 miles

• 81 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,902 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£813 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £737
• 3 bed £890

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (10.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Center Parcs - Sherwood Forest (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

122,955 residents in Newark and Sherwood · 189/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 148 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 58,530)

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

57 schools · 15,987 pupils

45 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newark and Sherwood

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
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

170 applications decided

93.5% granted · 159 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michelle Welsh

Labour

Sherwood Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 11
• Con 11
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,093 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,819 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Biomass 30% · Gas 14% · Imports 3%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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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  Rufford, Nottinghamshire · 0.0 km

  Rufford, in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, is the site of two villages whose inhabitants were evicted in the 12th century. Cistercian monasteries were established and the monks wished to ensure t…

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  Rufford Abbey · 0.1 km

  Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII's dis…

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  Ollerton railway station · 2.2 km

  Ollerton railway station is a former railway station in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Edwinstowe railway station · 2.5 km

  Edwinstowe railway station is a former railway station in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England.

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  Edwinstowe · 2.7 km

  Edwinstowe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries. It is associated with the legends of Robin Hood and Maid Maria…

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  St Giles' Church, Ollerton · 2.8 km

  St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)