Wetherby

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 13° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29

12h 55m 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

99 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Shoplifting17
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order9

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Leeds North East · West 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)

117 food businesses within 2 miles

• 97 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 34 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: 159.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Cluster of Nuts Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches43
• Golf courses1
• 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)

£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 (WETHERBY)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

236 jobs advertised · £35,145 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Morning Delivery Driver, Class 2 Driver

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 61% · Gas 19% · Imports 8% · Solar 8%

148 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 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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  Wetherby Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Wetherby Town Hall is a community building in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall no longer plays a major civic function but provides an office which is used by Wetherby Town Council and facilities for lo…

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  Wetherby Methodist Church · 0.1 km

  Wetherby Methodist Church is an active Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. The present church is on Bank Street and replaces earlier chapels on North Street and Victoria Stre…

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  St Joseph's Church, Wetherby · 0.2 km

  St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.

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  St James' Parish Church, Wetherby · 0.2 km

  St James' Parish Church is an Anglican parish church serving the parish of Wetherby with Linton in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Wetherby Bridge · 0.2 km

  Wetherby Bridge is a scheduled monument and Grade II-listed bridge over the River Wharfe in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, dating from the 13th century. The bridge connects Micklethwaite on the south bank to the town centr…

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  Wetherby War Memorial · 0.2 km

  Wetherby War Memorial stands on Wetherby Bridge in Wetherby, West Yorkshire. It was erected as a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War. The memorial was designed by Louis Frederick Roslyn.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)