Gildersome

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:27

9h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, 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

68 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson6

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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)

330 food businesses within 2 miles

• 274 rated 4–5 ★ (223 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cottingley (3.0 km)
• 34 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 (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

130 charging locations within ~8 km

• 53 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: GROUND CONTROL GILDERSOME 1 (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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
• 19 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

Mark Sewards

Labour

Leeds South West and Morley

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

33 jobs advertised · £40,216 avg

e.g. People Assistant - Part-time Hours, Maintenance & Helpdesk Coordinator, Facilities Operative-Late Shift (Cleaning)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 38% · Gas 16% · 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

5 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in LS27

• South Queen Medical Centre
• Windsor House Group Practice
• The Dekeyser Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leeds South West and Morley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases355 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth238 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND233 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK166 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills126 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Gildersome · 0.3 km

  Gildersome is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough 5 miles (7 km) south-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. Glidersome forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.

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  Gildersome Tunnel · 1.2 km

  Gildersome Tunnel is a former railway tunnel in Gildersome, West Yorkshire, England. The tunnel opened in 1900 taking the Leeds New Line through Gildersome, and it closed to railway all traffic in 1966. The tunnel has…

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  Gildersome West railway station · 1.2 km

  Gildersome West railway station served the village of Gildersome, West Yorkshire, England, from 1856 to 1968 on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway.

• Gildersome East railway station · 1.2 km

  Gildersome East railway station served the village of Gildersome, West Yorkshire, England, from 1900 to 1921 on the Leeds New Line.

• Municipal Borough of Morley · 1.5 km

  Morley was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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  Adwalton · 1.9 km

  Adwalton is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Leeds and is now generally regarded as part of the larger village of Drighlington. It is i…

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