Burley in Wharfedale

18°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 13° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:28

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

34 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour14
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Burglary3
• Other theft2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · 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)

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Burley-in-Wharfedale (0.4 km)
• 15 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 (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: McDonalds Restaurant - Coutances Way (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches21
• 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
• 50 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £28,180 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Burley in Wharfedale – Flexible & Remote, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Burley in Wharfedale – Flexible Schedule, Senior Care 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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Shipley:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership365 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s303 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases247 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Scalebor Park Hospital · 0.3 km

  Scalebor Park Hospital was a mental health facility at Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England.

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  Burley-in-Wharfedale railway station · 0.4 km

  Burley-in-Wharfedale railway station serves the village of Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England, in the City of Bradford. The station lies on the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Sq…

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  Burley in Wharfedale · 0.8 km

  Burley in Wharfedale is a village and civil parish within the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, in the Wharfedale valley. In 2011, it had a population of 7,041.

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  Wharfedale (ward) · 1.1 km

  Wharfedale is a ward located in the northeast of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the Wharfedale valley, one of the Yorkshire Dales. The ward compris…

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  All Saints' Church, Weston, North Yorkshire · 1.8 km

  All Saints' Church is the parish church of Weston, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

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  Weston Hall, North Yorkshire · 1.9 km

  Weston Hall is a country house and Grade I listed building in Weston, North Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)