Holywell Green and Stainland

9°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:29

9h 16m 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

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

41 reported · August 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour13
• Violence & sexual offences11
• Other theft5
• Criminal damage & arson4

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

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

357 reported road collisions (2025)

99 killed or seriously injured · 463 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

200 food businesses within 2 miles

• 160 rated 4–5 ★ (122 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sowerby Bridge (4.5 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,651 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£756 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £548
• 2 bed £684
• 3 bed £817

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,014 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: 151.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: The Old Golf House Hotel (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,304
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,940
• Net moves+364

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 71 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 97,420)

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

114 schools · 36,139 pupils

81 primary · 11 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 51 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

177 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices25
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

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

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

206 applications decided

80.6% granted · 166 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour

Calder Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• LD 2
• Grn 7
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

34% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 110,473 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 37% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

109 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in HX4

• Stainland Road Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Calder Valley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks335 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND208 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills199 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects172 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide

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

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  Holywell Green · 0.0 km

  Holywell Green is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 1.4 miles (2 km) south-west of Ella…

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  Stainland and Holywell Green railway station · 0.2 km

  Stainland and Holywell Green railway station served the villages of Stainland and Holywell Green in West Yorkshire, England from 1875 until 1929. Goods services ended in 1959. It was situated in the eastern part of Ho…

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  Old Lindley · 0.9 km

  Old Lindley or Over Lindley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the hamlet of Jagger Green, the village of Holywe…

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  Stainland and District · 0.9 km

  Stainland and District is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The main settlements in the parish are Stainland, Holywell Green and Sowood. Other settlements include Jag…

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  Stainland · 1.0 km

  Stainland is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The village is part of the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council and is approximately 2 miles…

• West Vale railway station · 1.1 km

  West Vale railway station served on the Stainland Branch from 1875 to 1929.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)