Barkston Ash

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• Today: 15° / 7° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:35

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

80US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Sherburn and Tadcaster · North Yorkshire

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

1,159 reported road collisions (2025)

331 killed or seriously injured · 1,530 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Church Fenton (2.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£849 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £769
• 3 bed £941

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

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

9,306 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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Esso (7.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Presbytery Guesthouse (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,901
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,388
• Net moves+7,513

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 189 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

380 schools · 85,418 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 49 other

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

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

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

634 CQC-registered services

• Care homes205
• GP practices80
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

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

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

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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 & greens7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

9 jobs advertised · £31,461 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Supply Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Barkston Ash, General Assistant

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 53% · Wind 17% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 9%

113 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in LS24

• Tadcaster Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wetherby and Easingwold:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation952 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks209 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND192 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK156 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Holy Trinity Church, Barkston Ash · 0.0 km

  Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Barkston Ash, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Barkston Ash · 0.1 km

  Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly known as Barkston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 2011 the parish had a population of 370.

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  Barkston Ash Wapentake · 0.1 km

  Barkston Ash was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, named after the meeting-place at the village of Barkston. It included the parishes of Birkin, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Brayton, Drax, Kirk Fenton, Ledsham,…

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  Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scarthingwell · 0.7 km

  The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a historic church in Scarthingwell, in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Saxton with Scarthingwell · 1.5 km

  Saxton with Scarthingwell is a civil parish just south of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England. The parish contains the villages of Saxton and Scarthingwell, with two churches and the remains of a castle. Historicall…

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  Saxton, North Yorkshire · 1.6 km

  Saxton is a village in the civil parish of Saxton with Scarthingwell, in North Yorkshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) south-west of York and 12 miles (19 km) east of Leeds. The resident population is about 250. The clos…

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