Ripon

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 6° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:26

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

99 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour35
• Violence & sexual offences34
• Shoplifting13
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Ripon · North Yorkshire

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

1,159 reported road collisions (2025)

331 killed or seriously injured · 1,530 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

110 food businesses within 2 miles

• 99 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£849 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £769
• 3 bed £941

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

9,306 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (1.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Blossomgate Car Park 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches25
• Playgrounds13

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,901
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,388
• Net moves+7,513

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 189 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

380 schools · 85,418 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

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

634 CQC-registered services

• Care homes205
• GP practices80
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

• In a conservation area (Ripon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 286 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens68
• Restaurants & cafés42

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

120 jobs advertised · £32,038 avg

e.g. Mechanical Technician, Customer Service Advisor, Warehouse Operative Nights

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 41% · Nuclear 38% · Wind 21%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · 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

9 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in HG4

• The Orchards - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• North House Surgery
• Ripon Spa Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Skipton and Ripon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks379 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs263 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND181 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately171 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation170 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Ripon Community Hospital · 0.2 km

  Ripon Community Hospital is a longstanding NHS community healthcare facility located in the cathedral city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. The hospital serves residents in Ripon and surrounding rural areas, provid…

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  Ripon Spa Baths · 0.2 km

  The Ripon Spa Baths are a grade II listed building in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1904–05 as a spa but failed to compete with the larger facilities at nearby Harrogate. In 1936 a new pool was…

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  Park Street Gazebos · 0.3 km

  The Park Street Gazebos are a historic structure in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Ripon Opera House · 0.3 km

  Ripon Opera House is a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Black Swan, Ripon · 0.3 km

  The Black Swan is a historic pub in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  The Wakeman's House · 0.3 km

  The Wakeman's House is a historic building in Ripon, a city in Yorkshire, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)