Spofforth

19°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29

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 · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

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)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pannal (5.4 km)
• 8 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: 160.7p · Asda (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (7.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Rudding Park Hotel (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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

• In a conservation area (Spofforth)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 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 Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

Wetherby and Easingwold

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Primary school Tutor in Spofforth – Flexible & Remote

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

44% low-carbon electricity

Imports 56% · Solar 17% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 12%

16 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wetherby and Easingwold:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership345 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office328 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership268 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s240 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills217 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Spofforth, North Yorkshire · 0.2 km

  Spofforth is a village in the civil parish of Spofforth with Stockeld, in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Wetherby and 5 miles (8 km) south of Harrogate, on the River Crimple, a tr…

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  Old Rectory, Spofforth · 0.2 km

  The Old Rectory is a historic building in Spofforth, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

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  Spofforth Castle · 0.2 km

  Spofforth Castle, in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England, was a fortified manor house ruined during the English Civil War, and now run by English Heritage as a tourist attraction.

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  All Saints' Church, Spofforth, North Yorkshire · 0.3 km

  All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the parish of Spofforth and Kirk Deighton in North Yorkshire, England.

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  Spofforth railway station · 0.5 km

  Spofforth railway station was a stop on the Harrogate–Church Fenton line in Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England.

• Spofforth with Stockeld · 0.5 km

  Spofforth with Stockeld is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)