Castleford

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:26

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

268 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences108
• Shoplifting26
• Public order24
• Anti-social behaviour22

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield 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)

399 food businesses within 2 miles

• 336 rated 4–5 ★ (276 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Castleford (0.5 km)
• 66 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: 152.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: PETER AMBROSE CARPARK 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 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

Yvette Cooper

Labour

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés86

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

288 jobs advertised · £40,018 avg

e.g. Class 1 night driver, Store Manager, Innovation Manager

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 39% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

91 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

8 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in WF10

• Nova Scotia Medical Cntr
• Riverside Medical Centre
• Henry Moore Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth273 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months158 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK138 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately125 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Castleford bus station · 0.4 km

  Castleford Bus Station serves the town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro.

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  All Saints' Church, Castleford · 0.4 km

  The Church of All Saints in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is Grade II listed. All Saints is one of the three…

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  Lagentium · 0.4 km

  Lagentium or Legiolum was the Roman name for the fort and surrounding civilian settlement which was built around the year 74 by the Roman Empire. The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what wa…

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  Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford · 0.5 km

  Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford, is in Castleford, Wakefield District, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Castleford railway station · 0.5 km

  Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Leeds.

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  Municipal Borough of Castleford · 0.6 km

  The Municipal Borough of Castleford was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1955 to 1974 based in the town of Castleford, and also covering Airedale, New Fryston, Whitwood, Cutsyke, Glassh…

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