Brighouse

9°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:28

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

161 reported · August 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences48
• Shoplifting34
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Other theft15

11 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

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

956 reported road collisions (2025)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,210 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

287 food businesses within 2 miles

• 231 rated 4–5 ★ (206 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brighouse (0.6 km)
• 90 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£185,297 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £549
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £808

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 (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6,278 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 (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 42 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Parsonage Lane Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches44
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

546,410 residents in Bradford · 1,491/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,937
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK25,318
• Net moves−6,381

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 23 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 223,950)

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

233 schools · 99,554 pupils

157 primary · 32 secondary · 44 other

Ofsted: 85 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

444 CQC-registered services

• Care homes108
• GP practices76
• Dentists108
• Homecare agencies112
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bradford

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

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

606 applications decided

87.5% granted · 530 granted, 76 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour

Calder Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 18
• LD 4
• Grn 9
• Ref 28
• Oth 14

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

103 jobs advertised · £35,500 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, West Yorkshire, Mechanical Engineering Lecturer, Care Assistant-Care Cadet

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,641 disposable income per head (2024)

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

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 284,695 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 35% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

108 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in HD6

• Rydings Hall Surgery
• Church Lane Surgery
• Rastrick Health 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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  Brighouse bus station · 0.3 km

  Brighouse bus station serves the town of Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. The bus station is situated in the Brighouse Town Centre and could be accessed…

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  Brighouse Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Brighouse Town Hall is a former municipal building in Thornton Square, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Brighouse Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Rastrick Bridge · 0.4 km

  Rastrick Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750.

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  Brighouse Bridge · 0.5 km

  The Brighouse Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1825 as part of the Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike.

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  Brighouse railway station · 0.7 km

  Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse and neighbouring village of Rastrick in West Yorkshire, England. The station lies on the Calder Valley line running west from Leeds. Opened in 1840, and closed in…

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  Brighouse · 0.8 km

  Brighouse is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Halifax. It…

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