Foston on the Wolds

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 11° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:21

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

600 reported road collisions (2025)

160 killed or seriously injured · 837 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Nafferton (5.1 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£219,871 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across East Riding of Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £503
• 2 bed £650
• 3 bed £799

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,643 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: East Riding Leisure Driffield Rear Car Park (7.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

342,217 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire · 142/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,365
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,679
• Net moves+6,686

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 203 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 166,380)

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

159 schools · 45,725 pupils

124 primary · 17 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 64 of 72 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Riding of Yorkshire

350 CQC-registered services

• Care homes151
• GP practices39
• Dentists66
• Homecare agencies60
• Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Riding of Yorkshire

• In a conservation area (Foston)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

398 applications decided

88.2% granted · 351 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 24
• LD 21
• Grn 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 15

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

16,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,783 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,124 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in YO25

• The Park Surgery
• The Medical Centre, Driffield

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bridlington and The Wolds:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills171 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK166 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately164 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth150 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks143 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Foston on the Wolds · 0.3 km

  Foston on the Wolds is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Bridlington town centre and 2 miles (3 km) north of the village of…

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  St Andrew's Church, Foston on the Wolds · 0.5 km

  St Andrew's Church is the parish church of Foston on the Wolds, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

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  Gembling · 2.0 km

  Gembling is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Foston, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-west from the coastal resort of Bridlington and 2…

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  Church End, East Riding of Yorkshire · 2.2 km

  Church End is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village of North Frodingham on the B1249 road.

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  North Holderness Light Railway · 2.2 km

  The North Holderness Light Railway was a proposed light railway, which was to have been constructed by the North Eastern Railway (NER) between Beverley and North Frodingham, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. T…

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  North Frodingham · 2.2 km

  North Frodingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5.5 miles (9 km) south-east of the town of Driffield and lies on the B1249 road.

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