Swingate

8°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US 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

48 reported · August 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Shoplifting6
• Vehicle crime5

Neighbourhood team: Eastwood South · Nottinghamshire

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

169 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 225 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

152 food businesses within 2 miles

• 128 rated 4–5 ★ (113 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ilkeston (3.1 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£251,231 average▼ 4% YoY

Across Broxtowe · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£942 average monthly rent▼ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £651
• 2 bed £839
• 3 bed £1,003

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

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,521 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 (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.9 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

75 charging locations within ~8 km

• 32 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Kimberley Shopping Centre (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

110,939 residents in Broxtowe · 1,385/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,040
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,993
• Net moves+47

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,618 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 52,160)

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

45 schools · 15,635 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxtowe

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

114 applications decided

94.7% granted · 108 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Norris

Labour (Co-op)

Nottingham North and Kimberley

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Independent coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 10
• LD 3
• Oth 24

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£725 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,598 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,799 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Biomass 27% · Wind 26% · Imports 3%

192 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NG16

• Eastwood Primary Care Centre, Church Street Site
• Newthorpe Medical Practice
• Selston Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Nottingham North and Kimberley:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills265 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth156 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 154 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals118 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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  Swingate, Nottinghamshire · 0.3 km

  Swingate is a small English village positioned within Kimberley between Babbington, in the Borough of Broxtowe, in the county of Nottinghamshire. The village has a water tower that is listed, which was opened in 1950…

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  Kimberley Town F.C. · 0.6 km

  Kimberley Town Football Club was a football club based in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England. They joined the Midland League in 1971. They reached the Second Round of the FA Vase three times. In the summer of 2012 th…

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  Kimberley Miners Welfare F.C. · 0.6 km

  Kimberley Miners Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at the Stag Ground.

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  Kimberley, Nottinghamshire · 0.6 km

  Kimberley is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England, lying 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Nottingham along the A610.

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  Kimberley East railway station · 0.8 km

  Kimberley East Railway Station was a station serving the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, England.

• Kimberley School · 0.9 km

  The Kimberley School, formerly Kimberley Comprehensive School, is a secondary school in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England. It has academy status. Part of the East Midlands Education Trust, it has many feeder schools…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)