Harden

14°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▲ 133% YoY

• Burglary5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · West Yorkshire

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

1,030 reported road collisions (2024)

294 killed or seriously injured · 1,332 casualties · 18.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

206 food businesses within 2 miles

• 174 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bingley (2.5 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£185,028 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£749 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £553
• 2 bed £679
• 3 bed £813

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (3.6 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Charger 1 (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

546,410 residents in Bradford · 1,491/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 21 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

34% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 223,950)

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

231 schools · 99,744 pupils

157 primary · 32 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 85 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

209inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

438 CQC-registered services

• Care homes107
• GP practices76
• Dentists106
• Homecare agencies109
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bradford

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

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

531 applications decided

86.6% granted · 460 granted, 71 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Anna Dixon

Labour

Shipley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 18
• LD 4
• Grn 9
• Ref 28
• Oth 14

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £30,000 avg

e.g. IT Support Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

6.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,641 disposable income per head (2024)

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

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 284,695 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

94% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 64% · Wind 30% · Gas 6%

102 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• 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 Shipley:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership365 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s303 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases247 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Ryecroft, West Yorkshire · 0.9 km

  Ryecroft is a hamlet near to the village of Harden in West Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is on the road between Harden and Haworth, 1.9 miles (3 km) south of Keighley, 1.9 miles (3 km) west of Bingley and 0.6 miles (…

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  Bingley St Ives · 1.0 km

  Bingley St. Ives, or St. Ives Estate is a 550-acre (2.2 km2) country park and former estate between Bingley and Harden in West Yorkshire, England now owned by Bradford Council. The park has Grade II listing in the Eng…

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  STRI Group · 1.2 km

  STRI Group is headquartered at a 10 hectares research site on the St Ives Estate near Bingley, UK.

• Harden, West Yorkshire · 1.5 km

  Harden is a civil parish and village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Bingley. It had a population of 1,615 in the 2001 census, but by 2011 this had…

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  Bradford Pennine Gateway · 2.0 km

  Bradford Pennine Gateway is a national nature reserve (NNR) around Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The site covers an area of 1,274 hectares around northern Bradford, in Haworth, Harden, Bingley, Baildon, Shipley…

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  Beckfoot Bridge · 2.0 km

  Beckfoot Bridge is a footbridge over Harden Beck which was historically a significant crossing point. It is located in Bingley, West Yorkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)