Holmfirth

16°CSunny

• Today: 20° / 12° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:28

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

45 reported · July 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Shoplifting6
• Public order5

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)

166 food businesses within 2 miles

• 158 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brockholes (3.3 km)
• 30 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 (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Crown Bottom (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds10

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

• In a conservation area (Holmfirth)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 135 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

Paul Davies

Labour

Colne Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

131 jobs advertised · £34,317 avg

e.g. Bar and Waiting Team Member - Huntsman, Care assistant- Holmfirth, Become a Biology Tutor in Brockholes – Flexible & Remote

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 47% · Gas 21% · Wind 19% · Imports 9%

140 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 Colne Valley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office356 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership305 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s270 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test238 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth · 0.1 km

  Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth is an Anglican church in the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England.

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  River Ribble, West Yorkshire · 0.4 km

  The River Ribble is a minor river running through the town of Holmfirth in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Holmfirth railway station · 0.5 km

  Holmfirth railway station is a former railway station that served the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England.

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  Holme Valley War Memorial · 1.1 km

  Holme Valley War Memorial is a war memorial in the grounds of the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, in England. It was unveiled in July 1921, by Colonel H. R. Headlam (Rtd), who had previously…

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  Netherthong · 1.5 km

  Netherthong is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Holme Valley, and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. The village is near the town of Holmfirth, and on the B6107 roa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)