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On the way to work, 13% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. 5,327 people live in this town in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.
Edwinstowe ranks #19 of 49 in Nottinghamshire, with a B overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 57% of UK towns. Where it does best is schools — primary results beat 61% of towns in England. Homes sell for a median £269,000, about 5.3 years of what households in the Newark and Sherwood council area earn. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): life expectancy is 79 for men and 81.4 for women. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety, C+ for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Edwinstowe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Edwinstowe is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Edwinstowe’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1903.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Edwinstowe.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4% of the total, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (16%). Edwinstowe’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Listed buildings per head: 9 for every 10,000 residents of the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Edwinstowe’s three primaries have 653 pupils between them. Below is one of its 3 schools, and why it was picked.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edwin Primary and Nursery SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 459 | B |
Children under 15 make up 15%, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents of Edwinstowe have a median age of 49.3.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Edwinstowe | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 77% of Edwinstowe’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (82%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.8% of the town. The nearest A&E to Edwinstowe is King's Mill Hospital, 8 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Edwinstowe | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.8% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Reported offences in Edwinstowe came to 172 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 39. Violence came to 18.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Nottinghamshire’s towns (23.4) and England’s towns (22). Also worth knowing: of all the crimes, 53% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The social rented sector houses 14% of households. Private renters make up 13% of households, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The median sale, £269,000, comes from 389 standard sales inside Edwinstowe’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £352,750 | 180 |
| Semi-detached | £228,948 | 144 |
| Terraced | £162,500 | 52 |
| Flat or maisonette | £99,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Households had £49K a year before tax, near Nottinghamshire’s towns (£51K) and lower than England’s towns (£55K). 85% of commuters took the car to work at the census. About a tenth of its commuters stay in Edwinstowe for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.5.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Edwinstowe. Best known first.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageRufford Abbey1 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumThe Queen's Royal Lancers Museum4 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionMajor Oak600 m outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionGo Ape! Sherwood Pines1.4 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumBilsthorpe Heritage Museum2.9 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 listed buildings in Edwinstowe, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Mary: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Edwinstowe Hall: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edwinstowe and Clipstone War Memorial: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 1, 3 and 5, Church Street: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwinstowe | 5,327 | — | B | B | B | C− |
| New Ollerton and Ollerton | 10,870 | 2.7 | C | A− | C− | D |
| Meden Vale | 2,095 | 3.4 | — | B− | C | D |
| Market Warsop | 6,970 | 3.6 | D− | C | C− | D− |
| Forest Town | 19,015 | 3.8 | C | C | B− | C− |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 3.9 | B− | A− | C | B− |
| Church Warsop | 2,139 | 4 | — | C+ | C+ | D |
| Walesby | 1,217 | 4.4 | — | B+ | A+ | B+ |
Meden Vale, Church Warsop and Walesby have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Edwinstowe is £2,690 for 2026–27, more than in 95% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 69% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
Edwinstowe is a built-up area of 5,327 people, in the Newark and Sherwood council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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