Wetwang

11°CClear

• Today: 19° / 11° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · 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

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Wolds Weighton · Humberside

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fimber Halt (2.7 km)
• 4 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

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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 (Wetwang)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 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

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative

Bridlington and The Wolds

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 51% · Wind 25% · Gas 10% · Nuclear 8%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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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  Wetwang · 0.1 km

  Wetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 6 miles west of Driffield on the A166 road.

• Wetwang Slack · 0.3 km

  Wetwang Slack is an Iron Age archaeological site containing remains of the Arras culture and chariot burial tradition of East Yorkshire. Archaeological investigation took place in 2001 and 2002.

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  Wetwang railway station · 0.6 km

  Wetwang railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It served the village of Wetwang, opened on 19 May 1853, and closed for passengers on 5 June 19…

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  Yorkshire Wolds Railway · 2.7 km

  The Yorkshire Wolds Railway is a preserved railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on a section of the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway near the village of Fimber. The railway has a short…

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  Sledmere and Fimber railway station · 3.0 km

  Sledmere and Fimber railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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  Fimber · 4.1 km

  Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Driffield town centre and 3 miles (5 km) south-west of the village of Sledmere.…

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