Aberford

15°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Leeds North East · West Yorkshire

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

1,463 reported road collisions (2024)

424 killed or seriously injured · 1,898 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garforth (4.2 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£249,394 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,140 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £779
• 2 bed £970
• 3 bed £1,133

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (11.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Home Bargains-Garforth (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

811,953 residents in Leeds · 1,472/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 92 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,284 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 376,780)

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

306 schools · 134,615 pupils

220 primary · 41 secondary · 45 other

Ofsted: 119 of 130 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

277inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

786 CQC-registered services

• Care homes159
• GP practices138
• Dentists175
• Homecare agencies240
• Hospitals & hospices22

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leeds

• Within the Green Belt
• 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

837 applications decided

81.4% granted · 681 granted, 156 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

Wetherby and Easingwold

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 47
• Con 14
• LD 6
• Grn 11
• Ref 10
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

23 jobs advertised · £15,867 avg

e.g. Moped Delivery Driver, Bike Delivery Rider, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Aberford – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£723 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,588 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 426,344 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 63% · Wind 17% · Gas 9% · Imports 9%

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

6 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in LS25

• Sherburn Group Practice
• South Milford Surgery
• Gibson Lane Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Aberford railway station · 0.0 km

  Aberford railway station served the village of Aberford, West Yorkshire, England, from 1837 to 1924 on the Aberford Railway.

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  St Ricarius Church, Aberford · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Ricarius, Aberford, West Yorkshire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of Leeds. It is commonly stated that the dedication refers to the French sa…

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  Aberford · 0.5 km

  Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,059 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,180 at the 2011 Census. It is situated…

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  Lotherton cum Aberford · 1.2 km

  Lotherton cum Aberford is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 323. Until 1974 it was in the Tadcaster Rural Distric…

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  Nellie's Tree · 1.2 km

  Nellie's Tree near Aberford, West Yorkshire is a group of three beech trees that have been grafted together in the shape of a letter "N". This arrangement of the trees is a result of a local man trying to impress his…

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  Parlington Hall · 1.4 km

  Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)