Cottesmore

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 15° · 70% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: Rutland North · 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)

21 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Oakham (6.5 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: 168.9p · Asda (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (10.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Barnsdale Lodge Hotel (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

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

• In a conservation area (Cottesmore)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 31 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £29,461 avg

e.g. Head Chef, Chef De Partie, Catering 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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Biomass 24% · Solar 12% · Imports 4%

259 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

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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  St Nicholas' Church, Cottesmore · 0.1 km

  St Nicholas' Church is a church in Cottesmore, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.

• Cottesmore Amateurs F.C. · 0.4 km

  Cottesmore AFC is a football club based in Cottesmore, Rutland, England. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division and play at Westray Park.

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  Cottesmore, Rutland · 0.4 km

  Cottesmore is a village and civil parish in the north of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. In terms of population it is the largest village in Rutland, and the third-largest settlement after Oakha…

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  Rutland Railway Museum · 1.7 km

  Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway on part of a former Midland Railway mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham, in Rutland, England.

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  Burley Castle · 2.0 km

  Burley Castle, more commonly called Alstoe, was to the north of the village of Burley, two miles north-east of Oakham in the county of Rutland, grid reference SK894119. Alstoe was the name of a hundred.

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  No. 7 Flying Training School RAF · 2.0 km

  No. 7 Flying Training School is a former Royal Air Force flying training school that operated between 1935 and 1994.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)