Skelton (York)

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 13° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:28

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Bootham, 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)

143 food businesses within 2 miles

• 117 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Poppleton (2.8 km)
• 13 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 (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

61 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 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 & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

37% low-carbon electricity

Imports 63% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 13% · Solar 3%

18 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · 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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  Skelton, York · 0.1 km

  Skelton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York, in North Yorkshire, England. It is four miles (6.4 km) north-north-west of the city of York, west of Haxby, and on the east bank of t…

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  Skelton Manor · 0.3 km

  Skelton Manor is a historic house in the village of Skelton, in the rural northern part of the City of York, in England.

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  St Giles' Church, Skelton · 0.4 km

  St Giles' Church is the parish church of Skelton, a village in the rural northern part of the City of York.

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  Skelton Hall · 0.4 km

  Skelton Hall is a Grade II listed building located in North Yorkshire, England. In 1814 Mrs Mary Thompson, the widow of Henry Thompson, came to live in Skelton at The Cottage from where she not only kept an eye on the…

• Nether Poppleton · 1.3 km

  Nether Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is by the west bank of the River Ouse and is adjacent to Upper Poppleton west of York. It is…

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  St Everilda's Church, Nether Poppleton · 1.3 km

  St Everilda's Church lies in Nether Poppleton, a village immediately north-west of York, in England.

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