Barleythorpe

18°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 12° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:27

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

47 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Shoplifting5
• Criminal damage & arson4

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Oakham Town and Barleythorpe · Leicestershire

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

33 reported road collisions (2024)

11 killed or seriously injured · 43 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

122 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (90 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Oakham (1.2 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£299,980 average▼ 4.4% YoY

Across Rutland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£962 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £840
• 3 bed £994

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · ESSO (11.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Larkfleet Homes Barleythorpe (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

41,048 residents in Rutland · 108/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 303 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,738 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 18,140)

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

27 schools · 7,772 pupils

17 primary · 3 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

20inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rutland

46 CQC-registered services

• Care homes11
• GP practices6
• Dentists12
• Homecare agencies14
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rutland

• Not in the Green Belt
• 162 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 7
• LD 10
• Oth 8

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

26 jobs advertised · £37,653 avg

e.g. Sous Chef, Become a Physics Tutor in Barleythorpe – Flexible & Remote, General Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£776 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,310 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 18,463 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Solar 16% · Gas 12% · Biomass 9%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.8 women · 65 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

12 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LE15

• Kendrew Medical Centre
• Oakham Medical Practice
• Empingham Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership284 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills266 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Barleythorpe · 0.3 km

  Barleythorpe is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about a mile (1.6 km) north-west of Oakham. The population at the 2001 census was 178, increasing to 2…

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  Catmose College · 0.8 km

  Catmose College is a secondary academy school on Huntsmans Drive in Oakham, Rutland. The catchment area covers the county town of Oakham and surrounding villages, although students are drawn from a wider area through…

• Rutland County College · 0.8 km

  Rutland County College was a post-16 college, based mainly in Oakham, Rutland, England. In September 2012 it opened on a new site in Barleythorpe on the outskirts of Oakham. However, the college was meant to move to i…

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  Harington School · 1.0 km

  Harington School is a free school sixth form located in Oakham, Rutland. The school is named after John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton and John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton, two notable peers in Ru…

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  Oakham railway station · 1.1 km

  Oakham railway station serves the county town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated on the line is the Birmingham to Peterborough Line, 93 miles 61 chains (150.9 km) from London St Pancras via Corby,…

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  Oakham Canal · 1.3 km

  The Oakham Canal ran from Oakham, Rutland to Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It opened in 1802, but it was never a financial success, and it suffered from the lack of an adequate water…

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