Barkisland

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:33

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 54% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

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

373 reported road collisions (2024)

119 killed or seriously injured · 476 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (33 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

£191,540 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £546
• 2 bed £681
• 3 bed £813

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.3 km)

18 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 76 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices24
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% 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)

184 applications decided

82.1% granted · 151 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Barkisland – Flexible Schedule, Online Chinese Tutoring Job in Barkisland – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% 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

96% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Biomass 14% · Nuclear 6% · Solar 6%

32 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 referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership464 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office434 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s325 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test236 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)