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Wilford

Wilford is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 2,500. It features 2 GPs & clinics, 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 12 restaurants & cafés, with 51 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Nottingham, 3 km away, and there were around 140 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wilford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Nottingham area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 323,630 residents at roughly 4,338 people per km².

Council
Nottingham
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Nottingham South
Police force
Nottinghamshire
27/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 285th of 294 English council areas — better than 3% of them.

Low crime8
Home affordability87
Affordable rents53
Good schools52
Life expectancy13
Low deprivation3
Employment7
Low council tax1

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°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

761 reported road collisions (2024)

167 killed or seriously injured · 882 casualties · 23.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 435 rated 4–5 ★ (406 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Nottingham (2.6 km)
  • 54 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Nottingham (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£1,011 average monthly rent 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £734
  • 2 bed £913
  • 3 bed £1,049

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

Affordability

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

107 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 47 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Queens Drive Park & Ride, Nottingham (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres11
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches114
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

323,630 residents in Nottingham · 4,338/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 70%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 10 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

31% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,755 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (63% of 147,480)

A £1,837
B £2,143
C £2,449
D £2,755
E £3,368
F £3,980
G £4,592
H £5,511

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

Schools

118 schools · 49,105 pupils

73 primary · 16 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 41 of 46 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

102inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Fernwood SchoolOutstanding
  • Nottingham Girls' AcademyOutstanding
  • Bluecoat Trent AcademyGood
  • Ellis Guilford SchoolGood
  • Farnborough Spencer AcademyGood
  • Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyGood
  • Park Vale AcademyGood
  • The Bulwell AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Wells AcademyRequires improvement
  • Bluecoat Aspley Academy
  • Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
  • Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
  • Djanogly City Academy
  • Nottingham Free School
  • Nottingham University Samworth Academy
  • The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Nottingham

Care & health services

397 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes78
  • GP practices62
  • Dentists73
  • Homecare agencies146
  • Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottingham

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Wilford House)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

243 applications decided

89.3% granted · 217 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lilian Greenwood

Labour

Nottingham South

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 44
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

125 jobs advertised · £38,016 avg

e.g. Online French Tutor - Part Time, Become a Geography Tutor in Wilford – Flexible & Remote, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Wilford – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£634 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,696 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 211,744 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Biomass 20% · Wind 16% · Solar 5%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.4 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 55.6 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Nottingham South:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wilford · 0.0 km

    Wilford is a village and former civil parish in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It lies to the north-east of Clifton, south-west of West Bridgford, north-west of Ruddington and south-west of Nottingham city cent…

  • Clifton Bridge (Nottingham) · 0.4 km

    Clifton Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Trent and carrying the A52 road to the west of the city of Nottingham, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Fairham Brook · 0.5 km

    Fairham Brook is a 16-mile-long (26 km) tributary of the River Trent that flows through Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in England.

  • Greenwood Meadows F.C. · 0.7 km

    Greenwood Meadows Football Club was a football club based in Nottingham, England. The club last played in the East Midlands Counties Football League during the 2016–17 season.

  • Compton Acres tram stop · 0.7 km

    Compton Acres is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network. The stop lies on the boundary between the city of Nottingham and the Rushcliffe. The stop is on line 2 of the NET, from Phoenix Park via th…

  • Dunkirk F.C. · 0.7 km

    Dunkirk Football Club is a football club based in the Dunkirk area of Nottingham, England. The club plays in the United Counties League Division One.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wilford?
Wilford is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Nottingham local authority.
How deprived is Wilford?
The Nottingham local authority, which includes Wilford, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.