Arksey

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 6° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:30

9h 24m 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 · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

85 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Public order9

Neighbourhood team: Doncaster North · South Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

467 reported road collisions (2025)

163 killed or seriously injured · 620 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

238 food businesses within 2 miles

• 173 rated 4–5 ★ (152 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bentley (South Yorkshire) (2.0 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,770 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Doncaster · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£694 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £493
• 2 bed £636
• 3 bed £757

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,839 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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (8.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Lidl - Askern Road (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

308,106 residents in Doncaster · 542/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,447
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,254
• Net moves+2,193

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 44 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,168 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 144,720)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

143 schools · 49,423 pupils

98 primary · 20 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 64 of 67 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

128 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Doncaster

290 CQC-registered services

• Care homes81
• GP practices47
• Dentists58
• Homecare agencies72
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Doncaster

• In a conservation area (Arksey)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

255 applications decided

83.1% granted · 212 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ed Miliband

Labour

Doncaster North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 6
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £29,041 avg

e.g. Recruitment Account Coordinator, Class 2 Drivers, Stock Controller DN1 - Doncaster

Source: Adzuna

£697 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,640 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 155,392 certificates

16.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 38% · Gas 12% · Imports 4%

94 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.7 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.1 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

11 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in DN5

• Cheswold Park Hospital
• The Ransome Practice
• Don Valley Healthcare

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Doncaster North:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth215 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK181 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation164 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND135 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a public inquiry to review the use of dopamine agonists 118 local signatures · 10,816 nationwide

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

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  Arksey · 0.1 km

  Arksey is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had an estimated population of 1,303 as of 2010. Arksey has four satellite hamlets: Shaftholme, Tilts, Almholme and Stockbridge.

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  Arksey railway station · 0.6 km

  Arksey railway station, originally named Stockbridge and later Arksey and Stockbridge was a station which served the villages of Arksey and Stockbridge in the English county of South Yorkshire. It was served by trains…

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  Bentley with Arksey · 0.8 km

  Bentley with Arksey is a former civil parish (1866–1974) and urban district (1911–1974) adjacent to the town of Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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  Bentley, South Yorkshire · 1.3 km

  Bentley is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England two miles north of the city centre. The population of the ward within the City of Doncaster at the 2021 census was 18,195. The Bentley built-up area subdivi…

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  Shaftholme · 1.4 km

  Shaftholme is a small hamlet in South Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the parish of Arksey, located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Bentley and two miles north of Doncaster.

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  Bentley Colliery · 1.5 km

  Bentley Colliery was a coal mine in Bentley, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, that operated between 1906 and 1993. In common with many other mines, it suffered disasters and accidents. The worst Bentley dis…

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