Clayton West and Scissett

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 12° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

36 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Other theft7
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Rural · West Yorkshire

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

605 reported road collisions (2024)

175 killed or seriously injured · 780 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 79 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Clayton West (0.6 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,773 average▲ 5.4% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£780 average monthly rent▲ 12.6% YoY

• 1 bed £582
• 2 bed £710
• 3 bed £864

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.6 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: The Three Acres Inn & Restaurant (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

433,216 residents in Kirklees · 1,060/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 87 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 193,280)

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

203 schools · 66,199 pupils

144 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 72 of 88 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

182inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

395 CQC-registered services

• Care homes127
• GP practices80
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

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

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

476 applications decided

89.1% granted · 424 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 9
• LD 6
• Grn 12
• Ref 26
• Oth 16

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,911 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,699 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 54% · Gas 31% · Imports 6% · Solar 6%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 57.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ossett and Denby Dale:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership315 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership236 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance222 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Clayton West · 0.5 km

  Clayton West is a village in the civil parish of Denby Dale, in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 2,704 in 2008. It is 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Huddersfield and 7 miles (1…

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  Whistlestop Valley · 0.5 km

  Whistlestop Valley, formerly the Kirklees Light Railway, is a visitor attraction featuring a 3+1⁄2-mile (5.6 km) long 15 in gauge minimum-gauge railway. The attraction's main site is in the village of Clayton West in…

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  Clayton West railway station · 0.6 km

  Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network and now forms the eastern terminus of the Whistlestop Valley. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England. It is 1…

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  Scissett · 0.9 km

  Scissett is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Huddersfield and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Barnsley. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 1,324. Scis…

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  Cuckoo's Nest railway station · 1.1 km

  Cuckoos Nest railway station is a station/halt on the minimum gauge Whistlestop Valley in West Yorkshire, Northern England. It also serves the village of Scissett. The station was opened on 19 October 1991 with an ina…

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  Clayton West branch line · 1.2 km

  The Clayton West branch line was a standard gauge passenger and freight railway near Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. The line was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, opening to traffic in Septembe…

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