Huddersfield

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:32

12h 59m 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

58 reported · July 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Other theft8
• Public order7

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

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

373 reported road collisions (2024)

119 killed or seriously injured · 476 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

263 food businesses within 2 miles

• 228 rated 4–5 ★ (192 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Deighton (2.2 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,540 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £546
• 2 bed £681
• 3 bed £813

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (6.8 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

54 charging locations within ~8 km

• 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Mirfield Garden Centre Hub (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 76 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices24
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

• Within the Green Belt
• 62 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

184 applications decided

82.1% granted · 151 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,311 jobs advertised · £38,679 avg

e.g. Maintenance Operative (Caretaker), Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% 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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huddersfield:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s350 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office290 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 241 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test204 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Huddersfield Broad Canal · 0.3 km

  The Huddersfield Broad Canal or Sir John Ramsden's Canal, is a wide-locked navigable canal in West Yorkshire in northern England. The waterway is 3.75 miles (6 km) long and has 9 wide locks. It follows the valley of t…

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  Cooper Bridge railway station · 0.4 km

  Cooper Bridge was a railway station built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway to serve the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

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  Robin Hood's Grave · 0.4 km

  Robin Hood's Grave is the name given to a monument in Kirklees Park Estate, West Yorkshire, England, near the now-ruined Kirklees Priory. It is alleged to be the burial place of English folk hero Robin Hood.

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  River Colne, West Yorkshire · 0.8 km

  The River Colne in West Yorkshire is formed at the confluence of two brooks that originate in the Pennines close to Marsden. It flows in an easterly direction through the Colne Valley and Huddersfield towards Cooper B…

• Colne Bridge Mill · 0.8 km

  Colne Bridge Mill was a factory, built in 1775, in the village of Colne Bridge near Bradley and Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which was destroyed by fire on 14 February 1818. It was owned by the w…

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  Bradley, Huddersfield · 0.9 km

  Bradley is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north-east of the town centre. It is generally just off the A62 Leeds Road and west of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Broad Canal. Located…

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