Garton-on-the-Wolds

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• Today: 18° / 11° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:28

13h 0m 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 · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

600 reported road collisions (2024)

168 killed or seriously injured · 813 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Driffield (5.0 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£220,721 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across East Riding of Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

• 1 bed £502
• 2 bed £650
• 3 bed £799

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

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 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Mill Street (4.3 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 217 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

352 CQC-registered services

• Care homes151
• GP practices40
• Dentists66
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Riding of Yorkshire

• In a conservation area (Garton on the Wolds)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

414 applications decided

88.2% granted · 365 granted, 49 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 23
• LD 21
• Grn 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 15

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% 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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office434 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership272 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s269 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test268 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership242 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Church of St Michael and All Angels, Garton on the Wolds · 0.0 km

  The Church of St Michael and all Angels, Garton on the Wolds, in the East Riding of Yorkshire is a church of medieval origins that was built c.1132 for the prior of Kirkham Abbey. Long connected to the Sykes family of…

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  Garton on the Wolds · 0.2 km

  Garton on the Wolds is a village and a civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Driffield town centre and lies on the A166…

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  Garton railway station · 1.4 km

  Garton railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway (MDR) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 19 May 1853, and served the village of Garton-on-the-Wolds. It closed on 5 Ju…

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  Elmswell, East Riding of Yorkshire · 1.7 km

  Elmswell is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north-west of the town of Driffield. It lies just to the south of the A166 road.

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  Elmswell Old Hall · 2.0 km

  Elmswell Old Hall is a Grade-II* listed 17th-century manor house in the hamlet of Elmswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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  East Yorkshire (district) · 2.6 km

  The Borough of East Yorkshire was one of nine local government districts of the county of Humberside, England from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1996.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)