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Farnhill

Farnhill is a village in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 2,700. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, 1 GP surgery, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Cononley, 1.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 23 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Farnhill area — all from official UK open data.

Council
North Yorkshire
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Police force
North Yorkshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 64th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime89
Home affordability56
Affordable rents75
Good schools43
Life expectancy72
Low council tax23

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

12°CMist

  • Today: 17° / 12° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:34

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 94% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Crosshills · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour, Cross Hills Main Street.
  • Cross-border crime

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

73 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 65 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cononley (1.7 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cononley (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,569 average 3.1% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Detached£433,551
Semi-detached£270,358
Terraced£218,729
Flat£143,005

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.7p · Asda (7.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (7.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Milligan's Field Car Park (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches15
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,696
B £1,979
C £2,262
D £2,544
E £3,110
F £3,675
G £4,241
H £5,089

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Harrogate Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Outwood Academy EasingwoldOutstanding
  • Ryedale SchoolOutstanding
  • Ermysted's Grammar SchoolGood
  • Lady Lumley's AcademyGood
  • Malton SchoolGood
  • Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Norton SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy RiponGood
  • Ripon Grammar SchoolGood
  • Scarborough University Technical CollegeGood
  • Skipton Girls' High SchoolGood
  • South Craven SchoolGood
  • St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic AcademyGood
  • Stokesley SchoolGood
  • The Skipton AcademyGood
  • Wensleydale SchoolGood
  • Barlby High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Bedale High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Boroughbridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Graham SchoolRequires improvement
  • Harrogate High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Whitby SchoolRequires improvement
  • Brayton Academy
  • Filey Academy
  • George Pindar School
  • King James's School
  • Nidderdale High School
  • Richmond School & Sixth Form College
  • Risedale School
  • Rossett School
  • Scalby Academy
  • Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
  • Settle College
  • Sherburn High School
  • St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
  • St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
  • Tadcaster Grammar School
  • Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 51 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

1,070 applications decided

88.9% granted · 951 granted, 119 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative

Skipton and Ripon

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 43% · Imports 5% · Gas 3%

62 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Skipton and Ripon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kildwick Hall · 0.3 km

    Kildwick Hall is a historic building in Kildwick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

  • Church of St Andrew, Kildwick · 0.4 km

    The Church of St Andrew is an Anglican parish church in the village of Kildwick, North Yorkshire, England. A church has been in Kildwick since at least 950 AD, though the current structure dates back to the 16th centu…

  • Kildwick · 0.4 km

    Kildwick, or Kildwick-in-Craven, is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Skipton and Keighley and had a population of 191 in 2001, rising slightly to 194 at the…

  • Farnhill · 0.5 km

    Farnhill is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Sutton-in-Craven and about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Skipton. Farnhill is also across the canal from Kildwick…

  • Farnhill Hall · 0.6 km

    Farnhill Hall is a 14th-century fortified manor house in the parish of Farnhill, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. Constructed primarily in the early 14th century with 15th- and 19th-century alterations, it is a…

  • Kildwick and Crosshills railway station · 0.8 km

    Kildwick and Crosshills [sic] was a railway station off Station Road in Cross Hills, North Yorkshire, England. It served the villages of Cross Hills, Cowling, Glusburn, Kildwick and Sutton-in-Craven.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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