Brotherton

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 15° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:26

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▼ 72% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Vehicle crime3
• Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield East · West Yorkshire

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

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

137 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knottingley (2.2 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,519 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £572
• 2 bed £721
• 3 bed £863

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

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (5.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Supermarket (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

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

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

304 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

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

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

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Keir Mather

Labour

Selby

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 1
• LD 2
• Grn 1
• Ref 55
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £27,040 avg

e.g. Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Brotherton – Flexible Schedule, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Brotherton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 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 · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Imports 7%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Selby:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office431 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership403 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s347 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth318 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test304 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  St Edward's Church, Brotherton · 0.1 km

  St Edward's Church is the parish church of Brotherton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Brotherton · 0.4 km

  Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is on a border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire.

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  Byram, North Yorkshire · 0.8 km

  Byram is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Castleford, across the River Aire in West Yorkshire. Byram is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Byram cum Su…

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  Ferrybridge power stations · 1.0 km

  The Ferrybridge power stations were three coal-fired power stations on the River Aire near Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire, England, in operation from 1927 to 2016 on a site next to the junction of the M62 and A1(M) mot…

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  Byram cum Sutton · 1.0 km

  Byram cum Sutton is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, containing the village of Byram and the hamlet of Sutton. The River Aire runs to the south of the parish, and the town of Knottingley is th…

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  Ferry Bridge, Brotherton · 1.0 km

  Ferry Bridge is a historic bridge, connecting Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire with Brotherton in North Yorkshire, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)