Thornton-in-Craven

14°CCloudy

• Today: 14° / 8° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:37

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Crosshills · 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)

58 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gargrave (5.6 km)
• 6 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: 161.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Albert Street car park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Secondary school Tutor - Part Time, Become a Primary school Tutor in Thornton-in-Craven – Flexible & Remote, Online Chinese Tutoring Job in Thornton-in-Craven – Flexible Schedule

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 43% · Wind 35% · Gas 14% · Nuclear 4%

107 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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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  Thornton in Craven · 0.1 km

  Thornton-in-Craven is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is approx 1,740 feet (530 m) from the border with Lancashire and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Earby. Barnoldswick is nearby. T…

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  Thornton-in-Craven railway station · 0.4 km

  Thornton-in-Craven railway station served the small village of Thornton-in-Craven, in North Yorkshire, England. Between 1848 and 1970, it was a stop on the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway which connected Colne, S…

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  St Mary's Church, Thornton in Craven · 0.6 km

  St Mary's Church is the parish church of Thornton in Craven, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Church of St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick · 1.5 km

  The Church of St Mary le Ghyll is in Ghyll Lane, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice…

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  Earby · 2.1 km

  Earby is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, Earby has been administered by Lancashire County Council sin…

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  St Peter's Church, East Marton · 2.1 km

  St Peter's Church is the parish church of East Marton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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