Aberford

15°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:31

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 · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Leeds North East · West Yorkshire

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

1,043 reported road collisions (2024)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,441 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garforth (4.2 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,569 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £764
• 3 bed £935

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (11.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Home Bargains-Garforth (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 306,270)

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

379 schools · 85,538 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 48 other

Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

349inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Yorkshire

639 CQC-registered services

• Care homes204
• GP practices80
• Dentists141
• Homecare agencies159
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

• Within the Green Belt
• 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,070 applications decided

88.9% granted · 951 granted, 119 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

Wetherby and Easingwold

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 41
• LD 13
• Grn 5
• Ref 5
• Oth 16

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

23 jobs advertised · £15,867 avg

e.g. Moped Delivery Driver, Bike Delivery Rider, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Aberford – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£731 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,703 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,421 certificates

14.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

91% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 46% · Wind 43% · Imports 6% · Gas 3%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.4 women · 64.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

6 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in LS25

• Sherburn Group Practice
• South Milford Surgery
• Gibson Lane Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wetherby and Easingwold:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership345 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office328 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership268 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s240 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills217 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• Aberford railway station · 0.0 km

  Aberford railway station served the village of Aberford, West Yorkshire, England, from 1837 to 1924 on the Aberford Railway.

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  St Ricarius Church, Aberford · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Ricarius, Aberford, West Yorkshire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of Leeds. It is commonly stated that the dedication refers to the French sa…

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  Aberford · 0.5 km

  Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,059 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,180 at the 2011 Census. It is situated…

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  Lotherton cum Aberford · 1.2 km

  Lotherton cum Aberford is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 323. Until 1974 it was in the Tadcaster Rural Distric…

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  Nellie's Tree · 1.2 km

  Nellie's Tree near Aberford, West Yorkshire is a group of three beech trees that have been grafted together in the shape of a letter "N". This arrangement of the trees is a result of a local man trying to impress his…

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  Parlington Hall · 1.4 km

  Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)