Otley (Leeds)

12°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 12° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:30

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

87 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Shoplifting28
• Violence & sexual offences17
• Public order11
• Anti-social behaviour10

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Knaresborough Rural · North 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)

155 food businesses within 2 miles

• 130 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Menston (4.0 km)
• 20 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 (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (7.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Asda Otley (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds4

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 158 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 Julian Smith

Conservative

Skipton and Ripon

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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens58
• Restaurants & cafés59

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

96% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 55% · Wind 39% · Gas 4% · Nuclear 1%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Skipton and Ripon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership465 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office334 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership303 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs246 local signatures · 17,688 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s238 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley · 0.5 km

  Prince Henry's Grammar School, also known as Prince Henry's or PHGS, is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form established in 1607 in the market town of Otley, West Yorkshire, England. The scho…

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  Cross Green · 0.7 km

  Cross Green is an area in the east of Otley, England, and the location of a multi-use sports stadium. The stadium is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home ground of Otley R.U.F.C. It is on the…

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  Newall, West Yorkshire · 0.8 km

  Newall is an area of Otley in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Wharfe, across Otley Bridge from the central area of the town. The place-name, recorded in 1166 as Niuhale, simply means "N…

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  Otley Bridge · 0.9 km

  Otley Bridge is a seven arch stone bridge that crosses the River Wharfe in Otley, England. The original bridge was completed in 1229 and has been repaired and upgraded multiple times over the years. The original struc…

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  Wharfedale Hospital · 0.9 km

  Wharfedale Hospital is located in the market town of Otley, West Yorkshire, England, and is managed by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

• Otley Museum · 0.9 km

  Otley Museum is in the town of Otley, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1961, it holds a collection of objects, artefacts and documentary material relating to the development of Otley and the surroun…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)