Murton

15°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:27

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

304 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

134 food businesses within 2 miles

• 108 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Murton Park (0.4 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£309,611 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across York · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,193 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £871
• 2 bed £1,076
• 3 bed £1,272

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.7p · Asda (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (3.1 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Grimston Bar Park & Ride (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• York's latest highways project: overnight works to Haxby Roundabout on the A1237· 11 Sept 2026
• Support for neurodivergent York residents· 10 Sept 2026
• Step outside as York Walking Festival returns for 2026· 10 Sept 2026
• New heating systems improve health and lower electricity use· 9 Sept 2026
• Parts of the A1079 to be resurfaced· 4 Sept 2026

Source: York Council

202,821 residents in York · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 275 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,287 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 93,700)

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

73 schools · 27,170 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 30 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · York

182 CQC-registered services

• Care homes42
• GP practices20
• Dentists52
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · York

• In a conservation area (Murton Conservation Area)
• Within the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

314 applications decided

78.7% granted · 247 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Luke Charters

Labour

York Outer

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• Con 3
• LD 19
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens43
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

76 jobs advertised · £28,102 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Internet Crowd Worker, Become a GCSE Tutor in Murton (City of York) – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,506 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,860 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

61% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 54% · Gas 31% · Imports 8% · Wind 3%

187 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.4 women · 60.8 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in York Outer:

• Require accessible changing benches for disabled children in public venues387 local signatures · 11,595 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership348 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership337 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s277 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office272 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Murton, North Yorkshire · 0.1 km

  Murton is a village and a civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England that is located on the outskirts of York. To the west there is the A64 and the village of Osbaldwick…

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  St James' Church, Murton · 0.1 km

  St James' Church is the parish church of Murton, a village immediately east of the built-up area of the City of York, in England.

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  Derwent Valley Light Railway · 0.4 km

  The Derwent Valley Light Railway (DVLR) was a privately owned standard-gauge railway in North Yorkshire, England, and was unusual in that it was never nationalised, remaining as a private operation all its life. It ra…

• Murton Lane railway station · 0.4 km

  Murton Lane railway station served the village of Murton in the City of York, part of the Ceremonial County of North Yorkshire, from 1913 to 1926 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway.

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  Yorkshire Museum of Farming · 0.6 km

  The Yorkshire Museum of Farming is located in Murton Park near York in England. It is housed on a grass field site of approximately 14 acres (5.7 ha), and is the only museum in the district specifically dedicated to t…

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  Grimston, York · 1.2 km

  Grimston is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dunnington, in the York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles east of York city centre. Until 1974 it was in the East Riding of Yorks…

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