Austwick

10°CClear

• Today: 15° / 9° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:38

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Clapham (3.6 km)
• 2 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: 169.9p · Asda (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (8.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Clapham Car Park (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 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 Julian Smith

Conservative

Skipton and Ripon

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 & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £39,000 avg

e.g. Chef de Partie - Live In, Waiter/waitress Hotel, Head Chef Restaurant

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 32% · Solar 26% · Biomass 14% · Wind 12%

53 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · 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

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LA2

• Bentham Medical Practice
• St John'S Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Skipton and Ripon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership465 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office334 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership303 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs246 local signatures · 17,688 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s238 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Austwick · 0.0 km

  Austwick is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Settle and on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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  Church of the Epiphany, Austwick · 0.1 km

  The Church of the Epiphany is the parish church of Austwick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Austwick Hall · 0.4 km

  Austwick Hall is an historic manor house situated above the village of Austwick in North Yorkshire, England. The house is a Grade II listed building and contains a collection of furniture, paintings and ethnographic a…

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  Norber erratics · 1.3 km

  The Norber erratics are a group of glacial erratic boulders in Britain. They are found on the southern slopes of Ingleborough, close to the village of Austwick in the Yorkshire Dales. The Ordnance Survey grid referenc…

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  Oxenber and Wharfe Woods · 1.6 km

  Oxenber and Wharfe Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is located 550 yards (500 m) north-west of the hamlet of Feizor. This area…

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  Wharfe, North Yorkshire · 1.9 km

  Wharfe is a hamlet about a mile north east of the village of Austwick, North Yorkshire, England. Its postcode is LA2 8DQ. The name means 'The bend', The hamlet is the only settlement in Crummackdale, the upper valley…

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