Grange Moor

13°CFog

• Today: 17° / 13° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:30

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

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)

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mirfield (4.0 km)
• 13 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 (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (5.8 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: R N Golden LTD-Hyundai (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

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
• 10 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

Iqbal Mohamed

Independent

Dewsbury and Batley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £36,012 avg

e.g. Talent & Development Specialist, HGV Class 1 Driver, Warehouse Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

92% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 69% · Wind 23% · Gas 7% · Nuclear 1%

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Dewsbury and Batley:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 489 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office267 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership184 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance129 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Grange Moor · 0.4 km

  Grange Moor is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2019, it had an estimated population of 1,101.

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  Shuttle Eye Colliery · 0.4 km

  Shuttle Eye Colliery was a coal mine on the West Yorkshire Coalfield at Grange Moor between Wakefield and Huddersfield on the A642 road, in England.

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  Briestfield · 1.0 km

  Briestfield is a hamlet south of Dewsbury, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England.

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  Whitley Lower · 1.9 km

  Whitley Lower is a village near Thornhill in Kirklees, West Yorkshire England. The parish church, dedicated to St Mary and St Michael, is part of the united benefice of Thornhill and Whitley which also includes Briest…

• Whitley Beaumont · 2.0 km

  Whitley Beaumont was an estate near Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Northern England. Whitley Hall was the seat of the Beaumont family. Part of the former estate is now used as a Scout campsite.

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  Lepton, West Yorkshire · 2.1 km

  Lepton is a village in Huddersfield, in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.25 miles (7 km) to the east of Huddersfield on the A642 road, 120 metres (390 ft) ab…

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