Barkston Ash

17°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, 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)

12 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

£270,569 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: 159.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

6 stations 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)

£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
• 11 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 & greens7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £33,935 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Online GCSE Tutor - Part Time, Become a GCSE Tutor in Barkston Ash – Flexible & Remote

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 67% · Gas 12% · Imports 9% · Solar 5%

126 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:

• 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

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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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