Lepton

13°CMist

• Today: 18° / 12° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

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

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

37 reported · July 2026▼ 38% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Other theft4
• Other crime4

Neighbourhood team: Huddersfield · 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)

160 food businesses within 2 miles

• 140 rated 4–5 ★ (97 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stocksmoor (4.3 km)
• 38 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 (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: R N Golden LTD-Hyundai (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

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
• 28 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

Harpreet Uppal

Labour

Huddersfield

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £60,000 avg

e.g. Finance Manager, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Lepton – Flexible Schedule

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 59% · Wind 33% · Gas 7% · Nuclear 1%

98 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 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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  Lepton, West Yorkshire · 0.9 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…

• Whitley Beaumont · 1.0 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.

• Fenay Bridge and Lepton railway station · 1.1 km

  Fenay Bridge and Lepton railway station served the villages of Lepton and Fenay Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1867 to 1965 on the Kirkburton Branch.

• Gawthorpe, Kirklees · 1.5 km

  Gawthorpe, also known as Gawthorp, is a hamlet in the Kirklees district, in the English county of West Yorkshire, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Huddersfield. The nearest major road is the A642 which passes about 0.3 mi…

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  Woodsome Hall · 1.5 km

  Woodsome Hall is a 16th-century country house in the parish of Almondbury, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is now the clubhouse of Woodsome Hall Golf Club and a Grade I listed building.

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  Highburton · 1.6 km

  Highburton is part of the township of Kirkburton, a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is five miles southeast of Huddersfield. It occupies much of the high ground that can be found at the top of the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)