Sowerby

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:25

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe, 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

68 reported · August 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Public order6
• Shoplifting5

Neighbourhood team: Thirsk · 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)

87 food businesses within 2 miles

• 72 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thirsk (2.1 km)
• 3 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

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Thirsk (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds9

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 (Thirsk and Sowerby)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 83 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

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative

Thirsk and Malton

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

25 jobs advertised · £35,778 avg

e.g. Contracts Administrator, Registered Care Home Manager, Business Development Executive

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 35% · Wind 19% · Solar 4%

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in YO7

• Dishforth Medical Centre
• Topcliffe Surgery
• Lambert Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thirsk and Malton:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces238 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation237 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks219 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately198 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  St Oswald's Church, Sowerby · 0.2 km

  St Oswald's Church is a Church of England parish church in Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England. It is named after Oswald of Northumbria.

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  The Courthouse, Thirsk · 0.4 km

  The Courthouse is a historic building in the Sowerby area of Thirsk, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Thirsk and Sowerby Town Hall · 0.4 km

  Thirsk and Sowerby Town Hall is a municipal building in Westgate, Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England. Although it is commonly described as being in Thirsk, it is on the south side of Westgate, which is in Sowerby. The…

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  Sowerby, North Yorkshire · 0.5 km

  Sowerby is a village, electoral ward and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England immediately south of the neighbouring market town of Thirsk. Although the boundary between the two parishes runs very close to Thirsk t…

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  Ritz Cinema, Thirsk · 0.5 km

  The Ritz Cinema on Westgate, Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England is a small cinema run by volunteers. The building was originally the Mechanics' Institute for Thirsk and Sowerby, but was converted into a cinema in 1912.…

• Thirsk School and Sixth Form College · 0.5 km

  Thirsk School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school in Sowerby, a village adjoining Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1957 as Thirsk Grammar and Modern School. It has nearly 1,200 pupils,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)