Thorne

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:25

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, 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

111 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences55
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Public order8

Neighbourhood team: Doncaster East · 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)

102 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (62 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thorne North (0.7 km)
• 39 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: 154.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Bridge Street Car Park, Doncaster 2 (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 20 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

Lee Pitcher

Labour

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 6
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

23 jobs advertised · £32,230 avg

e.g. Legal Secretary and Receptionist, Delivery Rider - Car, Planning Coordinator

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 43% · Wind 33% · Gas 14% · Imports 4%

106 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DN8

• Northfield Surgery
• Thorne Moor Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme:

• Hold a public inquiry to review the use of dopamine agonists 201 local signatures · 10,816 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK183 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth165 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 148 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals132 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

• Thorne & Moorends (ward) · 0.3 km

  Thorne & Moorends—consisting of the town of Thorne, plus Moorends and Waterside—is one of 21 electoral wards in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Thorne and Moorends elect three councill…

• Thorne (Old) railway station · 0.6 km

  Thorne (Old) railway station was the second railway station built by the South Yorkshire Railway to serve the town of Thorne, South Yorkshire, England. It was situated near the town centre on the first stage of the ca…

• Thorne Waterside railway station · 0.6 km

  Thorne Waterside railway station, sometimes referred to as "Thorne Lock" because of its location, was built by the South Yorkshire Railway as the terminus of its line from Doncaster. It was the first railway station t…

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  Thorne, South Yorkshire · 0.7 km

  Thorne is a market town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It has a population of 16,592, increasing to 17,295 a…

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  Trinity Academy, Thorne · 0.7 km

  Trinity Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school in the English Academy programme, at Thorne near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

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  Thorne North railway station · 0.7 km

  Thorne North railway station is a station on the Hull and Doncaster Branch serving the market town of Thorne, South Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)