Widmerpool

18°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 16° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

211 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 266 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

21 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Park Gate (6.9 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£331,451 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Rushcliffe · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,041 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

• 1 bed £720
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,128

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (10 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Church Drive Car Park, Keyworth (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

119,077 residents in Rushcliffe · 291/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 314 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 55,330)

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

54 schools · 21,586 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 24 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushcliffe

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
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

93.3% granted · 166 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

James Naish

Labour

Rushcliffe

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 23
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 8

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

5,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£856 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,305 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,613 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 48% · Gas 26% · Wind 23% · Imports 2%

159 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills551 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership322 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office305 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  St Peter and St Paul's Church, Widmerpool · 0.2 km

  St. Peter's Church, Widmerpool is a parish church in the Church of England in Widmerpool.

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  Widmerpool Hall · 0.3 km

  Widmerpool Hall is a Grade II listed English country house in Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire.

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  Widmerpool · 0.5 km

  Widmerpool is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about 10 miles south-south-east of Nottingham and some 7.5 miles north-east of Loughborough. It is one of Nottinghamshire's oldest settlements and is just o…

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  Widmerpool railway station · 2.0 km

  Widmerpool was a railway station serving the village of Widmerpool in Nottinghamshire,England. It was situated on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nottingham via Melton Mowbray.

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  Stanton-on-the-Wolds · 2.4 km

  Stanton-on-the-Wolds is a small village and a civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Nottingham, just off the A606 Nottingham to Melton Mowbray road. It is bordere…

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  Wysall · 2.5 km

  Wysall is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is 11 miles (18 km) south of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 321, including Thorpe-on-the-Glebe and increasing to 43…

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