Barkisland

6°CClear

• Today: 10° / 5° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:33

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

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

357 reported road collisions (2025)

99 killed or seriously injured · 463 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 43 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sowerby Bridge (3.5 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,651 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£756 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £548
• 2 bed £684
• 3 bed £817

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,014 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: 151.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: West Street Car Park (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,304
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,940
• Net moves+364

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 71 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 97,420)

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

114 schools · 36,139 pupils

81 primary · 11 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 51 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

177 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices25
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

• Not in the Green Belt
• 72 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

206 applications decided

80.6% granted · 166 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour

Calder Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• LD 2
• Grn 7
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £37,500 avg

e.g. Senior Sous Chef – Halifax – Country Inn – £35k-£40k Share of Service Charge

Source: Adzuna

£717 median full-time weekly pay

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

£22,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

34% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 110,473 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 38% · Gas 11% · Imports 4%

88 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in HX4

• Stainland Road Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Calder Valley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks335 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND208 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills199 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects172 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide

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

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  Barkisland · 0.1 km

  Barkisland is a village in civil parish of Ripponden, in the Calderdale district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one mile east of Ripponden, two miles south of Sow…

• Ripponden and Barkisland railway station · 1.4 km

  Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Its name was changed to Ripp…

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  Kebroyd · 1.6 km

  Kebroyd is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Ripponden, in the Calderdale district, in West Yorkshire, England, within the valley of the River Ryburn, between Sowerby Bridge and Ripponden. Kebroyd has an approxima…

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  Soyland · 1.7 km

  Soyland is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is just north of Ripponden off the A58 road and is 5 miles (8 km) south west of Halifax. The village referred to as Soy…

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  Ripponden · 2.0 km

  Ripponden is a village and civil parish on the River Ryburn near Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its population was 6,412 at the time of the 2001 Census, a…

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  Black Brook, West Yorkshire · 2.1 km

  The Black Brook is a small river in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)