Ashfield District

Ashfield District
Non-metropolitan district
Sutton-in-Ashfield, the largest settlement in the district
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Nottinghamshire
Admin. HQ	Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Government
• Type	Ashfield District Council
• MPs:	Lee Anderson (Reform UK) Michelle Welsh (Labour)
Area
• Total	40 sq mi (110 km2)
• Rank	190th
Population  (2022)
• Total	127,179
• Rank	Ranked 186th
• Density	3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.1% White 1.6% Asian 1.6% Mixed 1.2% Black 0.5% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 53.4% no religion 44.6% Christianity 1.4% other 0.6% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	37UB (ONS) E07000170 (GSS)

Ashfield (/ˈæʃˌfiːld/) is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. The council is based in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, but the largest town is neighbouring Sutton-in-Ashfield. The district also contains the town of Hucknall and a few villages. The district is mostly urban, with some of its settlements forming parts of both the Nottingham and Mansfield Urban Areas.

The neighbouring districts are Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, Gedling, Nottingham, Broxtowe, Amber Valley and Bolsover.