Boston Spa

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:26

9h 15m 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 Centre, 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

35 reported · August 2026▲ 52% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Public order7
• Vehicle crime2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Leeds North East · West Yorkshire

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

1,395 reported road collisions (2025)

426 killed or seriously injured · 1,730 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

64 food businesses within 2 miles

• 53 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£246,385 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,145 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £782
• 2 bed £975
• 3 bed £1,138

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

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

9,359 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: 159.9p · Esso (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Esso (5.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: High Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK50,565
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK55,816
• Net moves−5,251

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 124 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

308 schools · 134,615 pupils

221 primary · 41 secondary · 46 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

790 CQC-registered services

• Care homes160
• GP practices140
• Dentists175
• Homecare agencies243
• Hospitals & hospices22

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leeds

• In a conservation area (BOSTON SPA)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 92 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

801 applications decided

79.8% granted · 639 granted, 162 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

Wetherby and Easingwold

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 46
• Con 14
• LD 6
• Grn 10
• Ref 10
• Oth 12

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens168
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £52,891 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Personal Care Assistant, Hgv Driver

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 36% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

110 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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in LS23

• Spa Surgery
• Hmp Wealstun
• Martin House Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wetherby and Easingwold:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation952 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks209 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND192 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK156 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Boston Hall, Boston Spa · 0.2 km

  Boston Hall is a Grade II listed neo-classical house in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Boston Spa Methodist Church · 0.2 km

  Boston Spa Methodist Church is an active Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II listed, having been designated so on 30 April 1982.

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  Thorp Arch Bridge · 0.2 km

  Thorp Arch Bridge is a stone arch bridge opened in 1770 across the River Wharfe linking the West Yorkshire villages of Boston Spa on the southbank and Thorp Arch on the north.

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  Boston Spa · 0.3 km

  Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England. Situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Wetherby, Boston Spa is on the south bank of the River Wharfe across from Thorp…

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  St Mary the Virgin Church, Boston Spa · 0.4 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of York. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Martin House Hospice · 0.5 km

  Martin House is a charity that provides hospice care for children and young people across West, North and East Yorkshire. It provides family-led care to children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatenin…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)