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South Clifton

South Clifton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 2,000. There are 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Swinderby, 7.5 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the South Clifton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newark and Sherwood area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 122,955 residents at roughly 189 people per km².

Council
Newark and Sherwood
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Newark
Police force
Nottinghamshire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 168th of 294 English council areas — better than 43% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability69
Affordable rents77
Good schools5
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation47
Employment62
Low council tax3

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 67% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Other theft1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Collingham, Winthorpe and Villages · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Serious Acquisitive Crime

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

4 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Swinderby (7.5 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Swinderby (7.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£233,902 average 5% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-06

Detached£353,657
Semi-detached£208,915
Terraced£171,378
Flat£105,110

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Doddington Hall (7.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,788
B £2,086
C £2,384
D £2,682
E £3,278
F £3,874
G £4,470
H £5,364

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Suthers SchoolGood
  • Magnus Church of England Academy
  • The Dukeries Academy
  • The Joseph Whitaker School
  • The Newark Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (South Clifton)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

170 applications decided

93.5% granted · 159 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Robert Jenrick

Reform UK

Newark

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
  • NoDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Biomass 24% · Solar 4% · Imports 4%

279 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newark:

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

Notable places nearby

  • South Clifton · 0.1 km

    South Clifton is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is 11 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. With the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 326, this fell…

  • St George the Martyr's Church, North & South Clifton · 1.1 km

    St George the Martyr's Church, North and South Clifton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in North Clifton, Nottinghamshire.

  • Clifton-on-Trent railway station · 1.4 km

    Clifton-on-Trent railway station is a former railway station between North Clifton and South Clifton in eastern Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Fledborough Viaduct · 1.5 km

    Fledborough Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Fledborough, Nottinghamshire which is now part of the national cycle network.

  • High Marnham · 1.5 km

    High Marnham is a village within the Marnham civil parish in Bassetlaw district, of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is 120 miles north of London, 23 miles north east of the city of Nottingham, and 17 miles…

  • High Marnham Power Station · 1.6 km

    High Marnham Power Station was a coal fuelled power station in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the River Trent, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of the village of High Marnham. Construction site clearance began…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is South Clifton?
South Clifton is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Newark and Sherwood local authority.
How deprived is South Clifton?
The Newark and Sherwood local authority, which includes South Clifton, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.